Advancing hospital infection surveillance: Automated detection of hospital-onset bacteremia in a large university hospital

• Main Authors: Seven Johannes Sam Aghdassi (Author), Ferenc Darius Rüther (Author), Christine Geffers (Author), Luis Alberto Peña Diaz (Author), Michael Behnke (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Traditional manual surveillance of healthcare-associated infections often neglects certain hospital areas. This study investigated the potential of automated hospital-onset bacteremia (HOB) detection to enhance surveillance comprehensiveness. Our focus was on assessing baseline HOB level...