Hospital-wide surveillance of catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates in Singapore using an electronic medical records system

Singapore Med J. 2018 Dec;59(12):660. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2018147.

Authors

Lee Ren Leyland Chuang¹, Jonathan Cheung², Surinder Kaur Pada¹, Yu-Heng Gamaliel Tan³, Li Lin¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore.
² Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
³ Department of Medical Informatics, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Catheter-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Catheter-Related Infections / epidemiology
Critical Care
Cross Infection / diagnosis
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Electronic Health Records*
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Length of Stay
Singapore
Urinary Catheterization / adverse effects*
Urinary Tract Infections / diagnosis*
Urinary Tract Infections / epidemiology