, MPH, a health infection preventionist, and
Shaunte C. Walton, MS, CIC, the health system’s director of clinical epidemiology and infection prevention, told Healio that the results of their analysis highlight the “importance of active surveillance testing” to curb the spread of emerging diseases.
“The collaboration of active surveillance testing along with multilevel notifications in the
electronic medical records prevented cross-contamination in the health care environment,” they said. “Proactively identifying high-risk factors for an emerging infection prevents transmission when the appropriate steps are taken such as testing, isolation, and effective disinfection.”
Infection preventionists at UCLA used their EMR system to screen each incoming patient for COVID-19 and