Improving the monitoring of nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit with real-time medical informatics.
Nosocomial infections in the surgical and trauma intensive care unit (STICU) are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. We developed the Surgical Intensive Care Infection Registry (SIC-IR), to monitor all infections and record mandatory Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) core measures in an easy to use application; which will enable us to easily undertake STICU quality of care improvement initiatives to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of these important infections.
Fadlalla
Adam
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Cleveland State University, Clevellland, OH, USA.
Golob
Joseph F
JF
Kan
Justin A
JA
Claridge
Jeffrey A
JA
D003199:Computer Systems; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003628:Database Management Systems; D019992:Databases as Topic; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D012042:Registries; D014481:United States