Estimation of Prevalence of Hospital-Acquired Blood Infections among Patients Admitted at a Tertiary Hospital in Oman over a Period of Five Years: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Marah El-BeeliYahya M Al-FarsiAbdullah BalkhairZakariya Al-MuharrmiMansoor Al-JabriSamir Al-Adawi

Published in: Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases (2023)

The study provides supportive evidence for a steady increase in HA-BSI prevalence over age categories and years of follow-up. The study calls for the timely formulation and adoption of national HA-BSI screening and management programs centered on surveillance systems based on real-time analytics and machine learning.

Keyphrases

machine learning
risk factors
public health
big data
drug delivery
emergency department
artificial intelligence