Mortality review as a tool to assess the contribution of healthcare-associated infections to death: results of a multicentre validity and reproducibility study, 11 European Union countries, 2017 to 2018.

Tjallie van der Kooi; Alain Lepape; Pascal Astagneau; Carl Suetens; Mioara Alina Nicolaie; Sabine de Greeff; Ilma Lozoraitiene; Jacek Czepiel; Márta Patyi; Diamantis Plachouras

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Mortality review as a tool to assess the contribution of healthcare-associated infections to death: results of a multicentre validity and reproducibility study, 11 European Union countries, 2017 to 2018.

August 4, 2021

van der Kooi T, Lepape A, Astagneau P, et al. Euro Surveill. 2021;26(23).

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Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) contribute to patient morbidity and mortality every year. Three mortality review measures were developed to measure the potential contribution of HAIs to patient death. All three measures showed acceptable feasibility, validity, and reproducibility in HAI surveillance.

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