Method for measuring the incidence of hospital acquired infections
CA 2575550 C · Owner: Laborde, Gerald T. Jr. · Inventors: Brossette, Stephen E.; Hymel, Patrick A. Jr; Laborde, Gerald T. Jr.
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Disclosed is a method and system for analyzing patient hospitalization data to determine a Nosocomial Infection Marker (NIM) the method comprising receiving , from a database hospitalization data associated with at least one patient calculating from the hospitalization data the number of specimens with nonduplicate hospital isolates (SNDHI) markers calculating from the , hospitalization data antibiotic utilization criteria (AUC) markers and , determining the nosocomial infection marker (NIM) for each patient based upon , the calculated SNDHI and AUC markers.
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- Filed July 27, 2005 and granted August 16, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 27, 2025.
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