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Quality of Data Reported to a Smaller-Hospital Pilot Surveillance Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Noleen J. Bennett ,
Ann L. Bull ,
David R. Dunt ,
Michael J. Richards ,
Philip L. Russo  and
Denis W. Spelman
Noleen J. Bennett*
Affiliation:
Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System, (VIC-NISS) Coordinating Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Ann L. Bull
Affiliation:
Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System, (VIC-NISS) Coordinating Centre, Melbourne, Australia
David R. Dunt
Affiliation:
School of Population Health, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Michael J. Richards
Affiliation:
Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System, (VIC-NISS) Coordinating Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Philip L. Russo
Affiliation:
Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System, (VIC-NISS) Coordinating Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Denis W. Spelman
Affiliation:
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
*
Senior Infection Control consultant, Victorian Hospital Acquired Surveillance System Coordinating Centre, 10 Wreckyn St., North Melbourne 3061, VIC, Australia (Noleen.Bennett@mh.org.au)
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Abstract

This data quality study assessed the accuracy of data collected as part of a pilot smaller-hospital surveillance program for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and bloodstream infection (BSI). For reported MRSA infection, estimated values were as follows: sensitivity, 40%; specificity, 99.9%; and positive predictive value, 33.3%. For reported BSI, estimated values were as follows: sensitivity, 42.9%; specificity, 99.8%; and positive predictive value, 37.5%.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , April 2007 , pp. 486 - 488
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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