Detection of Temporal Clusters of Healthcare-Associated Infections or Colonizations with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Two Hospitals: Comparison of SaTScan and WHONET Software Packages.
The identification of temporal clusters of healthcare-associated colonizations or infections is a challenge in infection control. WHONET software is available to achieve these objectives using laboratory databases of hospitals but it has never been compared with SaTScan regarding its detection perfo...
Main Authors: | Annick Lefebvre, Xavier Bertrand, Philippe Vanhems, Jean-Christophe Lucet, Pascal Chavanet, Karine Astruc, Michelle Thouverez, Catherine Quantin, Ludwig Serge Aho-Glélé |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4598114?pdf=render |
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