Linking surveillance and clinical data for evaluating trends in bloodstream infection rates in neonatal units in England.

<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate variation in trends in bloodstream infection (BSI) rates in neonatal units (NNUs) in England according to the data sources and linkage methods used.<h4>Methods</h4>We used deterministic and probabilistic methods to link clinical records from 112...

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Main Authors: Caroline Fraser, Berit Muller-Pebody, Ruth Blackburn, Jim Gray, Sam J Oddie, Ruth E Gilbert, Katie Harron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226040