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A systemwide approach to validation of electronic device denominator data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2022

Kristen E. Metzger Open the ORCID record for Kristen E. Metzger [Opens in a new window] ,
Asra A. Salim ,
Anessa R. Mikolajczak Open the ORCID record for Anessa R. Mikolajczak [Opens in a new window] ,
Gina Dolgin ,
Grace M. Barajas ,
Charles R. Jenkins  and
Christina M. Silkaitis
Kristen E. Metzger*
Affiliation:
Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois Analytics Department, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Asra A. Salim
Affiliation:
Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois Analytics Department, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Anessa R. Mikolajczak
Affiliation:
Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Gina Dolgin
Affiliation:
Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Grace M. Barajas
Affiliation:
Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Charles R. Jenkins
Affiliation:
Analytics Department, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Christina M. Silkaitis
Affiliation:
Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
*
Author for correspondence: Kristen E. Metzger, MPH, CIC, FAPIC, E-mail: kristen.metzger@stjoeshealth.org
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Abstract

A multidisciplinary team collaborated to develop and validate a process to electronically capture patient and device denominator data at 6 hospitals in the same healthcare system. Validation was completed within 4–16 months. Manual count errors were identified as the main driver of electronic versus manual discrepancies.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 6 , June 2023 , pp. 965 - 967
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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Footnotes

(Present affiliation: Infection Prevention and Control Services, Trinity Health St. Joseph Mercy, Ann Arbor, Michigan [K.M.]).

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: These data were presented in part in abstract 2401at the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology 2019 Annual Conference on June 13, 2019, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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