An assessment of the quality of hospital data collection in invasive bacterial infections - can existing systems is reliably used to retrospectively infer the clinical nature of infection and associated resource cost?

Joint Event on 9^th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases & 6^th World Congress on Control and Prevention of HIV/AIDS, STDs & STIs

August 27-28, 2018 | Zurich, Switzerland

Ifrah Lena Asmat

University of Leeds, UK

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J AIDS Clin Res

Abstract :

Background: Invasive group A streptococci (IGAS) infections are caused by gram-positive, beta-haemolytic bacteria. These include necrotising fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. The extensive treatment required to manage these conditions have a significant economic burden on the NHS. Administrative date or microbiological can be used for epidemiological surveillance of these diseases. Methods: IGAS infections can be confirmed via laboratory testing. In the NHS, an inpatientâ??s diagnoses are coded using International Classification of Diseases â?? 10 (ICD-10) on discharge. These are used when costing the patientâ??s episode of care. Accuracy of coding was tested by comparing laboratory confirmed invasive GAS to their ICD-10 diagnoses codes. 14 cases at Leeds Teaching Hospitals were looked at. Results: 5 of the 14 cases did not have a diagnostic code of IGAS assigned to them by the clinical coders, giving an accuracy rate of 64%. 9 of the 14 cases did not have IGAS as their primary diagnosis.

Biography :

E-mail: ifrah.asmat@gmail.com