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. 2023 Aug;44(8):1358-1360.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.261. Epub 2023 Apr 28.

Healthcare personnel interactive pathogen exposure response system

Leigh L Smith  1   2 , Susan A Fallon  2 , Zunaira Q Virk  1 , Alejandra B Salinas  1 , Melanie S Curless  2 , Sara E Cosgrove  1   2 , Lisa L Maragakis  1   2 , Clare Rock  1   2 , Eili Y Klein  1   3 ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Prevention Epicenters Program
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Healthcare personnel interactive pathogen exposure response system

Leigh L Smith et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Aug.

Abstract

Exposure investigations are labor intensive and vulnerable to recall bias. We developed an algorithm to identify healthcare personnel (HCP) interactions from the electronic health record (EHR), and we evaluated its accuracy against conventional exposure investigations. The EHR algorithm identified every known transmission and used ranking to produce a manageable contact list.

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Figure 1.
HCP Contact Scores in Exposure Investigations. These boxplots show the spread of contact scores for each exposure investigation that was performed. Only exposed HCP identified through EHR are included. The red dots represent HCP who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and all appear above the median contact score for these exposure investigations. The grey dots represent exposed HCP who did not have a recorded positive test.
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