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dc.contributor.authorLøwer, Hege Line Magnussen
dc.contributor.authorEriksen, Hanne-Merete
dc.contributor.authorAavitsland, Preben
dc.contributor.authorSkjeldestad, Finn Egil
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-10T10:43:56Z
dc.date.available2016-03-10T10:43:56Z
dc.date.issued2015-11-30
dc.description.abstractBackground: High quality of surveillance systems for surgical site infections (SSIs) is the key to their usefulness. The Norwegian Surveillance System for Antibiotic Consumption and Healthcare-Associated Infections (NOIS) was introduced by regulation in 2005, and is based largely on automated extraction of data from underlying systems in the hospitals. <p>Methods: This study investigates the quality of NOIS-SSI’s denominator data by evaluating completeness, representativeness and accuracy compared with de-identified administrative data for 2005–2010. Comparisons were made by region, hospital type and size, age and sex for 4 surgical procedures. <p>Results: The completeness of NOIS improved from 29.2 % in 2005 to 79.8 % in 2010. NOIS-SSI became representative over time for most procedures by hospital size and type, but not by region. It was representative by age and sex for all years and procedures. Accuracy was good for all years and procedures by all explanatory variables. <p>Conclusions: A flexible and incremental implementation strategy has encouraged the development of computer-based surveillance systems in the hospitals which gives good accuracy, but the same strategy has adversely affected the completeness and representativeness of the denominator data. For the purpose of evaluating risk factors and implementing prevention and precautionary measures in the individual hospitals, representativeness seems sufficient, but for benchmarking and/or public reporting it is not good enough.en_US
dc.descriptionPublished version, also available at <a href=http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1289-x>http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1289-x</a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationBMC Infectious Diseases (2015) 15:549en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1320226
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12879-015-1289-x
dc.identifier.issn1471-2334
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/8836
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8395
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.relation.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4666046/pdf/12879_2015_Article_1289.pdfen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Infeksjonsmedisin: 776en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Communicable diseases: 776en_US
dc.subjectElectronic surveillanceen_US
dc.subjectRegister dataen_US
dc.subjectIncidenceen_US
dc.subjectInfection controlen_US
dc.subjectCompletenessen_US
dc.subjectRepresentativenessen_US
dc.titleThe quality of denominator data in surgical site infection surveillance versus administrative data in Norway 2005-2010en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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