HISTORICAL BASELINE TYPING

The eGenomics System can be used to establish your hospital's baseline infection pattern. This pattern can be used to:

• Determine whether your hospital has a current nosocomial infection problem
• Provide a baseline measurement to be compared with future outbreak patterns
• Compare with DNA fingerprints of bacterial isolates collected from admitting nursing homes in order to identify those admissions a pathogen source
• Compare with DNA fingerprints of common community acquired strains in order to identify the general population as a pathogen source

Establishing a baseline infection profile for your instiution is a cost-effective way to answer the questions:

• "What pathogens are in my hospital?"
• "Are they related? Are they different?"
• "Are my pathogens typical community strains? Or, are they typical nosocomial strains?"
• "Do I have hot-spots of infection?"