Method for measuring the incidence of hospital acquired infections
CA 2931970 C · Owner: Carefusion 303, Inc. · Inventors: Brossette, Stephen E.; Hymel, Patrick A. Jr.; Laborde, Gerald T. Jr.
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The present invention generally relates to a system and method of predicting a length of stay and , a cost associated with a hospital-acquired infection. The method includes receiving hospitalization , data stored on a database. The hospitalization data is associated with patients admitted to a hospital , and identifying from the hospitalization data a day upon which each patient was admitted to a , hospital. The method includes identifying from the hospitalization data a day upon which , antimicrobials were first dispensed to the patient and also identifying a number of days , consecutively after the first dispense upon which the antimicrobials were dispensed to the patient. , The …
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- Filed July 27, 2005 and granted April 12, 2022. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 27, 2025.
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