Surveillance of Hospital Acquired Infections: Presentation of a Computerised System

Day by day surveillance of hospital acquired infections is a time-consuming activity. Healthcare professionals need powerful computer tools to manage and analyse these data. Such a program must include all the functions needed to manage communication with other programs in order to minimise data ent...

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Published in:European journal of epidemiology 1999-02, Vol.15 (2), p.149-153
Main Authors: Cauët, D., Quenon, J. L., Desvé, G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Communication
Computer Graphics
Computer Security
Computer software
Computer surveillance
Computer Systems
Computerized management (medical records, files, hospital management)
Computerized, statistical medical data processing and models in biomedicine
Confidentiality
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Data collection
Data entry
Database Management Systems
Epidemiology
Hospital Information Systems
Humans
Infections
Medical sciences
Patient surveillance
Personal computers
Population Surveillance
Software
Surveillance
Systems Integration
User-Computer Interface
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Summary:Day by day surveillance of hospital acquired infections is a time-consuming activity. Healthcare professionals need powerful computer tools to manage and analyse these data. Such a program must include all the functions needed to manage communication with other programs in order to minimise data entry. Coherence checks are then used to validate data. Automatic production of reports, graphics or tables enables users to quickly obtain timely and representative documents regarding the evolution of specific indicators. The local person in charge for the system must be able to easily modify many parts of the program (data entry screens, calculations, checks, etc.) without any direct intervention from a computer specialist. Using this description, we have created a specific software for the management of this information named NosoCom. The program has been used for four years in France and Belgium. An English release is now available.
ISSN:0393-2990
1573-7284
DOI:10.1023/A:1007508432721