Automated Detection of Healthcare Associated Infections: External Validation and Updating of a Model for Surveillance of Drain-Related Meningitis

Maaike S M van Mourik, Karel G M Moons, Wouter W van Solinge, Jan-Willem Berkelbach- van der Sprenkel, Luca Regli, Annet Troelstra and Marc J M Bonten

PLOS ONE, 2012, vol. 7, issue 12, 1-7

Abstract: Objective: Automated surveillance of healthcare-associated infections can improve efficiency and reliability of surveillance. The aim was to validate and update a previously developed multivariable prediction model for the detection of drain-related meningitis (DRM). Design: Retrospective cohort study using traditional surveillance by infection control professionals as reference standard. Patients: Patients receiving an external cerebrospinal fluid drain, either ventricular (EVD) or lumbar (ELD) in a tertiary medical care center. Children, patients with simultaneous drains,

Date: 2012
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