Predicting hospital-onset Clostridium difficile using patient mobility data: A network approach.
Kristen BushHugo Barbosa-FilhoSamir FarooqSamuel J WeisenthalMelissa TrayhanRobert J WhiteEkaterina I NoyesGourab GhoshalMartin S ZandPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2019)
Quantifying and visualizing the combination of inpatient transfers, unit-wide risk, and current infections help identify hospital units at risk of developing a CDI outbreak and, thus, provide clinicians and infection prevention staff with advanced warning and specific location data to inform prevention efforts.