The Role of Healthcare Worker-Mediated Contact Networks in the Transmission of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci.
Eili Y KleinKatie K TsengJeremiah HinsonKatherine E GoodmanAria SmithMatt ToerperJoe AmoahPranita D TammaScott R LevinAaron M MilstonePublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2020)
We demonstrated that EHR data can be used to quantify the impact of HCW-mediated patient connections on transmission of VRE in the hospital. Defining incident acquisition risk of multidrug-resistant organisms through HCWs connections from EHR data in real-time may aid implementation and evaluation of interventions to contain their spread.
Keyphrases
- electronic health record
- healthcare
- multidrug resistant
- gram negative
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- adverse drug
- big data
- primary care
- cardiovascular disease
- case report
- physical activity
- acinetobacter baumannii
- emergency department
- type diabetes
- machine learning
- data analysis
- escherichia coli
- cystic fibrosis