Michael Marschollek, Mike Marquet, Nicolás Reinoso Schiller, Joëlle Naim, Seven Johannes Sam Aghdassi, Michael Behnke, Sandra Ehrenberg, Tatiana von Landesberger, Martin Misailovski, Fabian Prasser, André Scherag, Dirk Schlueter, Antje Wulff, Mathias Pletz, Simone Scheithauer
Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) represent an enormous burden for patients, healthcare workers, relatives and society worldwide, including Germany. The central tasks of infection prevention are recording and evaluating infections with the aim of identifying prevention potential and risk factors, taking appropriate measures and finally evaluating them. From an infection prevention perspective, it would be of great value if (i) the recording of infection cases was automated and (ii) if it were possible to identify particularly vulnerable patients and patient groups in advance, who would benefit from specific and/or additional interventions...
May 16, 2024: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz