Challenges with Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Intensive Care Units in South Africa.
Saajida MahomedOzayr MahomedA Willem SturmStephen KnightPrashini MoodleyPublished in: Critical care research and practice (2017)
A manual system that adds to the administrative workload of nurses is not an effective method of measuring the burden of HAIs. Change management is required to promote an organizational culture that supports accurate data collection for HAIs.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- south africa
- intensive care unit
- public health
- electronic health record
- hiv positive
- mental health
- high resolution
- big data
- mechanical ventilation
- risk factors
- health information
- data analysis
- hepatitis c virus
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- men who have sex with men
- deep learning
- human immunodeficiency virus