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Information technology aspects of large-scale implementation of automated surveillance of healthcare-associated infections
- Source :
- Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- PRAISE network: Maaike S. M. van Mourik, Stephanie M.van Rooden, Mohamed Abbas, Olov Aspevall, Pascal Astagneau, Marc J. M. Bonten, Elena Carrara, Aina Gomila-Grange, Sabine C. de Greeff , Sophie Gubbels, Wendy Harrison, Hilary Humphreys, Anders Johansson, Mayke B. G. Koek, Brian Kristensen, Alain Lepape, Jean-Christophe Lucet, Siddharth Mookerjee, Pontus Naucler, Zaira R. Palacios-Baena, Elisabeth Presterl, Miquel Pujol, Jacqui Reilly, Christopher Roberts, Evelina Tacconelli, Daniel Teixeira, Thomas Tängdén, John Karlsson Valik, Michael Behnke, PetraGastmeier.<br />[Introduction] Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a major public health concern. Monitoring of HAI rates, with feedback, is a core component of infection prevention and control programmes. Digitalization of healthcare data has created novel opportunities for automating the HAI surveillance process to varying degrees. However, methods are not standardized and vary widely between different healthcare facilities. Most current automated surveillance (AS) systems have been confined to local settings, and practical guidance on how to implement large-scale AS is needed.<br />[Methods] This document was written by a task force formed in March 2019 within the PRAISE network (Providing a Roadmap for Automated Infection Surveillance in Europe), gathering experts in HAI surveillance from ten European countries.<br />[Results] The document provides an overview of the key e-health aspects of implementing an AS system of HAI in a clinical environment to support both the infection prevention and control team and information technology (IT) departments. The focus is on understanding the basic principles of storage and structure of healthcare data, as well as the general organization of IT infrastructure in surveillance networks and participating healthcare facilities. The fundamentals of data standardization, interoperability and algorithms in relation to HAI surveillance are covered. Finally, technical aspects and practical examples of accessing, storing and sharing healthcare data within a HAI surveillance network, as well as maintenance and quality control of such a system, are discussed.<br />[Conclusions] With the guidance given in this document, along with the PRAISE roadmap and governance documents, readers will find comprehensive support to implement large-scale AS in a surveillance network.<br />This network has been supported under the 7th transnational call within the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR), Network Call on Surveillance (2018) and was thereby funded by ZonMw (grant 549007001). This project also received support from the COMBACTE MAGNET EPI-Net project funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking under grant agreement 115523 | 115620 | 115737 | 777362, resources of which are composed of financial contribution from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) and EFPIA companies in kind contribution. J.K.V. was supported by grants from Region Stockholm and Vinnova.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Automated
Process management
Standardization
Computer science
Process (engineering)
As is
Electronic health record
Interoperability
Bloodstream infection
Automation
Health care
Humans
Healthcare-associated infection
Digital infection control
Data
Cross Infection
Infection Control
Surveillance
business.industry
Information technology
General Medicine
Quality
Europe
Infectious Diseases
Scale (social sciences)
Information technology management
business
Information Technology
Surgical site infection
Electronic HAI surveillance
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- ISSN :
- 14690691 and 54900700
- Volume :
- 27
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....02bfd8367bca9818466b1f5a3b18670a