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Brief Report| Volume 44, ISSUE 11, P1424-1426, November 01, 2016

Symptom word documentation: A novel approach to identifying and managing hospital-acquired infections

Published:April 21, 2016DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.004
Symptom word documentation: A novel approach to identifying and managing hospital-acquired infections
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      An interprofessional team developed a symptom word documentation tool based on surveillance definitions for specific types of infections published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nursing documentation was monitored pre- and postimplementation of the tool, revealing increased compliance with symptom documentation. Although symptom word documentation does not reduce the number of infections, it may impact the central line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rate by better differentiating CLABSI from other infection sources, as was observed in this institution.

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      Published online: April 21, 2016

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.004

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      © 2016 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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