title: Evaluation of an algorithm for electronic surveillance of hospital-acquired infections yielding serial weekly point prevalence scores.
abstract: Surveillance of hospital-acquired infections can be approximated by repeated surveys that are performed in a standardized, cost-effective manner. We developed an integrated software system for serial electronic hospital-wide point prevalence surveys using algorithms that proved highly sensitive and specific over a 5-year period in a large university medical center.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Roel H R A
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Streefkerk
authors.forename: Gerard J J M
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Borsboom
authors.forename: Conrad P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: van der Hoeven
authors.forename: Margreet C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Vos
authors.forename: Roel P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Verkooijen
authors.forename: Henri A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Verbrugh
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000465:Algorithms; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012984:Software