Volume 10, Number 9—September 2004
Research
Computer Algorithms To Detect Bloodstream Infections
Figure 3

Figure 3. Display of the monthly number of hospital-acquired, primary, central-venous catheter–associated bloodstream infections (BSIs) determined by separate methods, and correlation of the computer algorithm and infection control professional (ICP) review to the investigator review, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Computer algorithm r = 0.89, p = 0.02; ICP review r = 0.71, p = 0.11.