Sandra N. Jendrossek

Towards data-driven refinement of an automated cluster alert system: assessing the concordance of epidemiological expert assessment and genotyping

Abstract Objective: An automated CLuster AleRt system (CLAR) is employed at our hospital to detect clusters of relevant microorganisms. Alerts are subsequently assessed by infection prevention and control (IPC) experts to determine their epidemiological relevance. This study comp...