Study Compares Moni System and Human Expert Performances

Study Compares Moni System and Human Expert Performances (April 13, 2010)—A further study of Moni/Surveillance-ICU with 52 patients including 422 patient days that compared human expert vs. Moni performance in identifying health-care associated infections showed similar overall sensitivity and specificity rates. When matching against a common gold standard, sensitivity rates of 72.7% were obtained by the human expert and Moni; specificity rates were 97.7% and 100%, resp. Details were presented at the 20^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 10 to 13 April 2010, Vienna, Austria.