Use of Binary Cumulative Sums and Moving Averages in Nosocomial Infection Cluster Detection

Use of Binary Cumulative Sums and Moving Averages in Nosocomial Infection Cluster Detection

Clusters of nosocomial infection often occur undetected, at substantial cost to the medical system and individual patients. We evaluated binary cumulative sum (CUSUM) and moving average (MA) control charts for automated detection of nosocomial clusters. We selected two outbreaks with genotyped strai...

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Main Authors: Samuel M. Brown, James C. Benneyan, Daniel A. Theobald, Kenneth Sands, Matthew T. Hahn, Gail A. Potter-Bynoe, John M. Stelling, Thomas F. O'Brien, Donald A. Goldmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cross-infection
disease surveillance
outbreak detection
cumulative sums
moving averages
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/12/01-0514_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/12/01-0514_article

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