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Table 1 Top three common commensals: EFFECT vs. manual documentation (ICU-KISS)

From: ICU infection surveillance can be based on electronic routine data: results of a case study

Organism

EFFECT

Manual documentation

Def. a1

Def. b2

ICU-KISS

Staphylococcus epidermidis

58

23

22

Cutibacterium acnes

33

13

11

Staphylococcus capitis

10

5

5

  1. 1Single positive blood sample with the respective organism with no further blood samples within the next 2 days
  2. 2At least one additional confirmatory blood sample with the same respective organism within the next 2 days