Instead, this research suggests that the surveillance effect on employee behavior is striking.
And a new research paper, published on Saturday, shows in detail how significant the surveillance effect can be.
The reduction of BSI rates during the observation periods may result not only from the surveillance effect but also from medical and technological achievements in this time period.
In order to analyze the surveillance effect on primary bloodstream infection rates (BSI), all VLBW infants within the first three years of participation in both groups were considered.
Because a surveillance effect can be expected after at least four years of surveillance, the data from those hospitals/ICUs with continuous participation for at least four years were analyzed in a second step.
Despite this active participation of infection control staff, a residual effect of surveillance disruption was seen as VAP incidence remained higher in the unit for three years thereafter, while global HAI trends were similar in the two units during period 2. Reversibility of the surveillance effect reinforces the causal link between HAI surveillance and prevention [ 30].
Although significant infection-related AEs have not been associated with atacicept treatment here or in initial studies in other indications (Dall'Era et al, 2007; Ansell et al, 2008; Tak et al, 2008), surveillance for effects on infection should remain a high priority because of the possible association between suppression of polyclonal B cells and infection.
Germany's Interior Minister Otto Schily, who as a lawyer used to represent terror suspects, has proposed loosening restrictions on surveillance, in effect giving investigators the right to pry without any stated suspicion.
There is a small body of evidence indicating that nurse-led follow-up is clinically effective and acceptable to the patient (Moore et al, 2002; Cox and Wilson, 2003; Knowles et al, 2007; Beaver et al, 2009), but more research is needed in this area, particularly focussing on clinical effectiveness of late effects surveillance.
Public land management agencies have focused heavily on implementation and effectiveness monitoring and very little on the more ecologically oriented surveillance and ecological effects monitoring.
