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Am J Infect Control
; 43(10): 1119-21, 2015 Oct 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26164766
ABSTRACT
Surveillance for initial ventilator-associated events (VAEs) was automated and compared with nonautomated review of episodes of mechanical ventilation. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of automated surveillance were very high (>93%), and automated surveillance reduced the time spent on detection of VAEs by >90%.