Table 2 Type of data automatically extracted and integrated in the different algorithms
Study | Clinical data | Laboratory (microbiological data) | Administrative data | CVC use | Antimicrobial data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Snyders et al. [26] | Temperature (> 38.0) | Positive blood culture, positive culture from other body sites (a sterile site, skin, wound, respiratory tract), culture collection date | Date of admission | Presence of central line | None |
Kaiser et al. [23] | Temperature (T max > 38.0) and blood pressure (systolic < 90) | Not automated (manually extracted) | Date of admission and discharge | Presence of following central lines: Arterial, dialysis, number of lumens | Administration of specific antimicrobials: vancomycin, flucloxacillin, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, imipenem, fluconazole, voriconazole |
Bouam et al. [20] | None | Positive blood cultures with antimicrobial susceptibility testing results; positive quantitative catheter tip culture results; bacteriology sampling date | Date of admission, date of unit transfers, | None | None |
Trick et al. [21] | None | Positive blood culture | Date of admission and discharge | Manual determination of the presence of a CVC | Vancomycin administration date |
Lin et al. [27] | NA | Positive blood culture, positive wound culture, positive non-blood culture | Date of admission | Presence of central line | None |
Woeltje et al. [22] | Temperature (> 38.0) | Positive blood culture and sampling date | Date of admission, discharge | Presence of central line | Inpatient medication orders: treatment with vancomycin |
Woeltje et al. [25] | Temperature (> 38.0) | Positive blood culture and sampling date | Date of admission | Presence of central line | None |
Bellini et al. [19] | None | Positive blood and catheter culture, date, species identification and antimicrobial susceptibility profile | Patient ID, ward, date of admission | None | None |
Hota et al. [24] | None | Positive and negative culture from blood and other body sites, but excluding catheter tips or surveillance cultures | Admission, discharge and transfer date | None | Pharmacy dispensing or ordering data, to assess if vancomycin prescriptions had occurred |