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Lack of Comprehensive Outbreak Detection in Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2016

Meghan A. Baker ,
Susan S. Huang ,
Alyssa R. Letourneau ,
Rebecca E. Kaganov ,
Jennifer R. Peeples ,
Marci Drees ,
Richard Platt  and
Deborah S. Yokoe
Meghan A. Baker*
Affiliation:
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Susan S. Huang
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, California
Alyssa R. Letourneau
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Rebecca E. Kaganov
Affiliation:
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Jennifer R. Peeples
Affiliation:
Premier, Charlotte, North Carolina
Marci Drees
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware.
Richard Platt
Affiliation:
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Deborah S. Yokoe
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Address correspondence to Meghan A. Baker, MD, ScD, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Fl, Boston, MA 02215 (meghan_baker@harvardpilgrim.org).
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Abstract

Timely identification of outbreaks of hospital-associated infections is needed to implement control measures and minimize impact. Survey results from 33 hospitals indicated that most hospitals lacked a formal cluster definition and all targeted a very limited group of prespecified pathogens. Standardized, statistically based outbreak detection could greatly improve current practice.

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2016;37(4):466–468

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Supplement 4 , April 2016 , pp. 466 - 468
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

Presented in part: IDWeek 2014; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; October 10, 2014 (Abstract 942).

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