Automated Cluster Detection of Health Care–Associated Infection Based on the Multisource Surveillance of Process Data in the Area Network: Retrospective Study of Algorithm Development and Validation

Yunzhou Fan   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Yanyan Wu   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Xiongjing Cao   ¹ , MSc ;   Junning Zou   ¹ , BSc ;   Ming Zhu   ¹ , MSc ;   Di Dai   ¹ , BA ;   Lin Lu   ¹ , BA ;   Xiaoxv Yin   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Lijuan Xiong   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Nosocomial Infection Management, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

² School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

*these authors contributed equally