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A Laboratory-Based, Hospital-Wide, Electronic Marker for Nosocomial Infection
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Primary CareMedicineContain CostsHealthcare-associated InfectionPatient SafetyHospital EpidemiologySepsisNosocomial InfectionsDisease SurveillanceInfection ControlClinical ChemistryElectronic MarkerLaboratory MedicineSyndromic SurveillanceClinical MicrobiologyPublic Health SurveillanceEmergency MedicineDiagnostic Device
Faced with expectations to improve patient safety and contain costs, the US health care system is under increasing pressure to comprehensively and objectively account for nosocomial infections. Widely accepted nosocomial infection surveillance methods, however, are limited in scope, not sensitive, and applied inconsistently.