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French

Alèrtes informatiques et qualité des soins: application à la surveillance des infections hospitalières

Contributors

Safran, E.; Pittet, Didier; Borst, François; Thurler, G.; Schulthess, P.; Rebouillat, L.; Lagana, M.; Berney, J. P.; Berthoud, M.; Copin, P.

Published in

Revue médicale de la Suisse romande, vol. 114, no. 11, p. 1035-1043

Publication date

1994

Abstract

The Centre Informatique of Geneva University Hospital is developing, in the environment of its hospital information system, DIOGENE, a computerized alert system for surveillance of hospital infections. This hospital information system is based on an open distributed architecture and a relational database system, and covers many medical applications. This environment allows the development of alerts useful for detecting patients at risk. The alerts offer to clinicians a mean to control their efficacy in patient care. They are a new application of telematics for surveillance in clinical epidemiology, and are a tool for quality assurance. Two examples of alerts established for hospital infection control activities are presented. The first alert systematically detects all cases of patients colonized by or infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The second alert helps to organize prospective surveillance of bloodstream infections in order to identify some risk factors for infection and propose preventive measures.

Keywords

  • Cost of Illness
  • Cross Infection/economics/ epidemiology/prevention & control
  • Hospital Information Systems
  • Humans
  • Risk Factors
  • Sentinel Surveillance
  • Switzerland

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Citation (ISO format)

SAFRAN, E. et al. Alèrtes informatiques et qualité des soins: application à la surveillance des infections hospitalières. In: Revue médicale de la Suisse romande, 1994, vol. 114, n° 11, p. 1035–1043.

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0035-3655
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