Performance of the Australian hospital-acquired complication algorithm for detecting hospital-onset bloodstream infections
The HAC algorithm had sub-optimal PPV for HO-BSI. This performance was improved by removing the 'unspecified sepsis' ICD codes.
Authors
- Andrew J. Stewardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6805-1224)
- Rhonda L. Stuart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3487-7244)
- Paul D. R. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9873-7163)
- Allen Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3152-116X)
- Andie S. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7232-8897)
- Leon James Worth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4304-6845)
- Caroline Marshall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5901-2004)
- Lucy O. Attwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0447-7917)
- Stephanie J. Curtis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6724-0020)
- H G Dickson
Institutions
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research centre (AU)
- Peter Doherty Institute (AU)
- Monash Health (AU)
- Alfred Health (AU)
- Austin Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Disease & Health
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2025.09.001
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council