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Validation of Surveillance in the Intensive Care Unit Component of the German Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

I. Zuschneid ,
C. Geffers ,
D. Sohr ,
C. Kohlhase ,
M. Schumacher ,
H. Rüden  and
P. Gastmeier
I. Zuschneid*
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin
C. Geffers
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin
D. Sohr
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin
C. Kohlhase
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin
M. Schumacher
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg
H. Rüden
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin
P. Gastmeier
Affiliation:
Division of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Institute for Medical Microbiologyand Hospital Epidemiology, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
*
Robert Koch Institute, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Seestrasse 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany (zuschneidi@rki.de)
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Abstract

A validation study was performed for the intensive care unit component of the German nosocomial infections surveillance system (Krankenhaus Infektions Surveillance System [KISS]). A total of 286 reported infections and 1,195 medical records with no reported infection from 20 randomly selected KISS intensive care units were reviewed by trained physicians. The mean sensitivity was 66% (median, 81%), and the mean specificity was 99.4% (median, 99.6%).

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , April 2007 , pp. 496 - 499
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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