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A Systematic Review of Validated Methods for Identifying Infection Related to Blood Products, Tissue Grafts, or Organ Transplants using Administrative Data

Basic Details
Date
Type
Publication
Health Outcome(s)
infection related to blood product
infection related to tissue graft
tissue graft
Description

This article describes a systematic review of the validity of algorithms for identifying infection related to blood products, tissue grafts, or organ transplants using administrative and claims data.

Materials

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Volume 21, Issue Supplement S1, January 2012, Pages 213-221, DOI: 10.1002/pds.2332

Related Assessment(s)
HOI Literature Review- Transfusion/Graft Infections
PDS Supplement: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Mini-Sentinel Program
Author(s)

Ryan Carnahan PharmD, MS, BCPP; Kevin Moores PharmD; Eli Perencevich MD, MS; The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Corresponding Author

R. M. Carnahan, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Iowa College of Public Health, C 21-H General Hospital, 200 Hawkins Dr., Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. E-mail: ryan-carnahan@uiowa.edu