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Designing Surveillance for Noninfectious Outcomes of Medical Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

R Michael Massanari ,
Kim Wilkerson  and
Sheri Swartzendruber
R Michael Massanari*
Affiliation:
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
Kim Wilkerson
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
Sheri Swartzendruber
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
*
Hospital Epidemiology, CFP626, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48202
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Abstract

We present basic information that a hospital epidemiologist needs when designing a surveillance system for noninfectious adverse outcomes of care. Specific topics reflect key characteristics of such a surveillance system: the purpose, rationale, priorities, definitions, data collection tools, data collection, analysis and reporting, and validation.

Type
Practical Healthcare Epidemiology
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 16 , Issue 7 , July 1995 , pp. 419 - 426
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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