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Cost-Benefit Analysis from the Hospital Perspective of Universal Active Screening Followed by Contact Precautions for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriers

OBJECTIVE: There are data suggesting potential benefit to screening hospitalized patients for MRSA colonization followed by contact precautions for carriers. However, MRSA screening, like most prevention interventions, has associated costs that must be put into context of potential benefits. We ther...

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Published in:Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Main Authors: McKinnell, James A., Bartsch, Sarah M., Lee, Bruce Y., Huang, Susan S., Miller, Loren G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4500653/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25627755
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2014.1
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