Use of personal digital assistants to detect healthcare-associated infections in a neonatal intensive care unit in Egypt | Zendy

Elham A. M. El-Feky | Zendy; Doa’a A. Saleh | Zendy; Jehan El-Kholy | Zendy; Ahmed Sayed | Zendy; Yasmeen Mansi | Zendy; Mohamed Hashem | Zendy

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Use of personal digital assistants to detect healthcare-associated infections in a neonatal intensive care unit in Egypt

Author(s) -

Elham A. M. El-Feky,

Doa’a A. Saleh,

Jehan El-Kholy,

Ahmed Sayed,

Yasmeen Mansi,

Mohamed Hashem

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.7789

Subject(s) - medicine , neonatal intensive care unit , infection control , health care , intensive care unit , emergency medicine , medical record , pneumonia , intensive care , medical emergency , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , economics , economic growth

Personal digital assistants (PDAs) used in electronic laboratory-based surveillance are a promising alternative to conventional surveillance to detect healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The aim of the study was to monitor, detect, and analyze HAIs using PDAs in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

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