We describe the development of a process for an electronic count of central line days across our ten-hospital health care system” Burke et al (2019).
Abstract:
Manual counting is considered the gold standard for device day recording by the National Health Safety Network. We describe the development of a process for an electronic count of central line days across our ten-hospital health care system. Our validation process identified discordance between the electronic count and the manual count for 71% of patient care units. Adjudication of the count differences by chart review identified the electronic count to be correct 97% of the time.
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Reference:
Burke, P.C., Eichmullerb, L., Messam, M., Duffy, D.A., Borkowski, R.G., Gordon, S.M. and Fraser, T.G. (2019) Beyond the abacus: Leveraging the electronic medical record for central line day surveillance. July 2nd. American Journal of Infection Control. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.05.013. [epub ahead of print].