Basics of Surveillance - An Overview

Jean M. Pottinger; Loreen A. Herwaldt; Trish M. Perl

doi:10.2307/30141194

Basics of Surveillance - An Overview

Jean M. Pottinger, Loreen A. Herwaldt, Trish M. Perl

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Abstract

Surveillance of nosocomial infections is the foundation of an infection control program. This article describes components of a surveillance system, methods for surveillance, methods for case-finding, and data sources. We encourage the epidemiology team to use this background information as they design surveillance systems that meet the goals of their individual institution's infection control program.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	513-527
Number of pages	15
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	18
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/30141194
State	Published - Jul 1997

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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