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Multicenter Study
. 2016 Apr;37(4):466-8.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.325.

Lack of Comprehensive Outbreak Detection in Hospitals

Meghan A Baker  1 , Susan S Huang  2 , Alyssa R Letourneau  3 , Rebecca E Kaganov  1 , Jennifer R Peeples  4 , Marci Drees  5 , Richard Platt  1 , Deborah S Yokoe  6
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Multicenter Study

Lack of Comprehensive Outbreak Detection in Hospitals

Meghan A Baker et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Apr.
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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.

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