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Am J Infect Control
; 47(11): 1397-1399, 2019 11.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31278000
RESUMO
Manual counting is considered the gold standard for device day recording by the National Health Safety Network. We describe the development of a process for an electronic count of central line days across our ten-hospital health care system. Our validation process identified discordance between the electronic count and the manual count for 71% of patient care units. Adjudication of the count differences by chart review identified the electronic count to be correct 97% of the time.