Healthcare personnel interactive pathogen exposure response system
Date:
08/15/2023
Citation:
Smith LL, Fallon SA, Virk ZQ, Salinas AB, Curless MS, Cosgrove SE, Maragakis LL, Rock C, Klein EY; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Prevention Epicenters Program. Healthcare personnel interactive pathogen exposure response system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Aug;44(8):1358-1360. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.261. Epub 2023 Apr 28. PMID: 37114417.
Abstract
Exposure investigations are labor intensive and vulnerable to recall bias. We developed an algorithm to identify healthcare personnel (HCP) interactions from the electronic health record (EHR), and we evaluated its accuracy against conventional exposure investigations. The EHR algorithm identified every known transmission and used ranking to produce a manageable contact list.