Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-x4r87 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-26T23:08:47.341Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The Art of Oversimplification: The Challenge of Measuring Hospital-Acquired MRSA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marin L. Schweizer  and
Michael A. Rubin
Marin L. Schweizer*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Michael A. Rubin
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
*
Iowa City VAHCS (152), 601 Highway 6, West Iowa City, IA 52246 (marin-schweizer@uiowa.edu)
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Commentary
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , February 2012 , pp. 122 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1.Popper, K. The Open Universe: An Argument for Indeterminism. Bartley, WW, ed. London: Routledge, 1982.Google Scholar
2.Innis, G, Rexstad, E. Simulation model simplification techniques. Simulation 1983;41(1):7–15.Google Scholar
3.Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). National Healthcare Quality Report, 2010. AHRQ publication no. 11-0004. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr10.htm. Accessed November 4, 2011.Google Scholar
4.US Department Health and Human Services. Hospital Compare Web site. http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/. Accessed November 4, 2011.Google Scholar
5.US Department of Health and Human Services. Administration implements affordable care act provision to improve care, lower costs [press release]. April 29, 2011. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/04/20110429a.html. Accessed November 4, 2011.Google Scholar
6.Avery, TR, Kleinman, KP, Klompas, M, Aschengrau, A, Huang, SS. Inclusion of 30-day postdischarge detection triples the incidence of hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012;33(2):114–121 (in this issue).Google Scholar
7.Dubberke, ER, Reske, KA, McDonald, LC, Fraser, VJ. ICD-9 codes and surveillance for Clostridium difficile–associated disease. Emerg Infect Dis 2006;12(10):1576–1579.Google Scholar
8.Schweizer, ML, Eber, MR, Laxminarayan, R, et al. Validity of ICD-9-CM coding for identifying incident methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections: is MRSA infection coded as a chronic disease? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2011;32(2):148–154.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
9.Harris, AD, Furuno, JP, Roghmann, MC, et al. Targeted surveillance of MRSA and its potential use to guide empiric antibiotic therapy. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2010;54(8):3143–3148.Google Scholar