Healthcare personnel interactive pathogen exposure response system.
Leigh L SmithSusan A FallonZunaira Q VirkAlejandra B SalinasMelanie S CurlessSara E CosgroveLisa L MaragakisClare RockEili Y Kleinnull nullPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2023)
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.