Abstract:
:The annual cost of a screening program to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a teaching hospital in Spain was 10,261 Euro. The average cost per MRSA infection was 2,730 Euro; therefore, the cost of the program would be covered if it only prevented 4 infections per year (11% of the total number of MRSA infections at our hospital).
journal_name
Infect Control Hosp Epidemioljournal_title
Infection control and hospital epidemiologyauthors
Gavaldà L,Masuet C,Beltran J,Garcia M,Garcia D,Sirvent JM,Ramon JMdoi
10.1086/507968subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-11-01 00:00:00pages
1264-6issue
11eissn
0899-823Xissn
1559-6834pii
S0195941700075093journal_volume
27pub_type
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