Abstract
Automated systems can facilitate surveillance for health care-associated infections. The New York Antimicrobial Resistance Project (NYARP) electronically monitors trends in bloodstream infections from 6 medical centers in New York, NY. To validate NYARP's data, episodes of health care-associated bloodstream infections detected by this system were compared with those obtained by an infection control practitioner performing an unrelated study in 2 participating neonatal intensive care departments. The sensitivity (84%), specificity (99%), and positive (84%) and negative (99%) predictive values of NYARP were excellent when coagulase-negative staphylococcal bloodstream infections were removed.
Publication types
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Comparative Study
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Multicenter Study
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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Validation Study
MeSH terms
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Bacteremia / epidemiology*
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Bacteremia / microbiology
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Blood-Borne Pathogens / isolation & purification*
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
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Computer Systems*
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Cross Infection / epidemiology*
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Cross Infection / microbiology
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Data Collection
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Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted
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Female
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
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Humans
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Incidence
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Intensive Care Units, Neonatal*
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Male
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Risk Assessment
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Sentinel Surveillance*
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Survival Analysis
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United States