Cao, Yu
Niu, Yaojun
Tian, Xuetao
Peng, DeZhong
Lu, Li
Zhang, Haojun
Article History
Received: 30 December 2022
Accepted: 16 September 2023
First Online: 10 October 2023
Declarations
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: The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Second People’s Hospital of Gansu Province Medical in accordance with <i>Guidelines for Ethical Review Applications and Reports</i> which can be downloaded at ExternalRef removed. This study is a secondary analysis of unidentified data and its purpose is to help physicians reduce the rate of late and missed reporting of healthcare-associated infections, which is different from the primary purpose, defined in Dutch legislation (Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO)), of understanding the causes, development, and effects of infectious diseases itself. IRBs approved it with no requirement of formal medical ethical approval and informed consent, which complies with the following exemption conditions from <i>Guidelines for Ethical Review Applications and Reports</i>: for collections or studies of previously archived data, documents, records, pathology specimens, or diagnostic specimens, and where the resource is a public resource or where the information is recorded in a manner in which the investigator is unable to contact the subject (either directly or through an identifier). The authors declare that all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.