The accuracy of fully automated algorithms for surveillance of healthcare-onset Clostridioides difficile infections in hospitalized patients

• Main Authors: Suzanne Desirée van der Werff (Author), Mikael Fritzing (Author), Hideyuki Tanushi (Author), Aron Henriksson (Author), Hercules Dalianis (Author), Anders Ternhag (Author), Anna Färnert (Author), Pontus Nauclér (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We developed and validated a set of fully automated surveillance algorithms for healthcare-onset CDI using electronic health records. In a validation data set of 750 manually annotated admissions, the algorithm based on International Classification of Disease, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code A04.7 had...