ICU-Based Monitoring of Nosocomial Infections

Author

Adlassnig, Klaus-Peter ; Blacky, Alexander ; Koller, Walter ; Hayashi, Yoichi

Author_Institution

Sect. on Med. Expert & Knowledge-Based Syst., Med. Univ. of Vienna

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

28-30 Nov. 2005

Firstpage

1054

Lastpage

1059

Abstract

Nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infections (NIs) are a frequent complication affecting hospitalized patients. The growing availability of computerized patient records in hospitals allows automated identification and extended monitoring of the signs of NI for the purpose of reducing NI rates. A fuzzy-and knowledge-based system to identify and monitor NIs at intensive care units according to the European surveillance system HELICS was developed. It was implemented into the information technology landscape of the Vienna General Hospital and is now being tested in a clinical study

Keywords

medical expert systems; medical information systems; patient monitoring; European surveillance system; HELICS; ICU-based monitoring; Vienna General Hospital; automated identification; computerized patient record; fuzzy system; knowledge-based system; nosocomial infection; Artificial intelligence; Biology computing; Biomedical monitoring; Computerized monitoring; Hospitals; Knowledge based systems; Laboratories; Management information systems; Pathogens; Patient monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation, 2005 and International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce, International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2504-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIMCA.2005.1631402

Filename

1631402