Can we bridge the definition diversity in healthcare-associated infection surveillance? From IT-supported surveillance to IT-supported infection prevention and control.
Expectations and requirements of the surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) trigger a growing differentiation of HAI surveillance approaches. In an attempt to bridge this diversity of definitions and to serve the needs of different user groups, we have enhanced MONI (identification, monitoring, and reporting of nosocomial infections) not only to create better reports, but also to output overviews on complex clinical matters, as well as to generate alerts and reminders for the clinicians' bedside work.
Clinical Institute of Hospital Hygiene, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
Walter
W
Koller
Alexander
A
Blacky
Harald
H
Mandl
Andrea
A
Rappelsberger
Klaus-Peter
KP
Adlassnig
D001317:Austria; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled