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Effect of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Total Hospital Cost

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Eric D. Schultz ,
David T. Tanaka ,
Ronald N. Goldberg ,
Daniel K. Benjamin Jr.  and
P. Brian Smith
Eric D. Schultz
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
David T. Tanaka
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Ronald N. Goldberg
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Daniel K. Benjamin Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
P. Brian Smith*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
*
Duke Clinical Research Institute, PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715 (brian.smith@duke.edu)
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Abstract

The rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is increasing in neonatal intensive care units. We determined the economic impact of isolating and cohorting MRSA-colonized neonates on total hospital cost at a 49-bed, level III-IV neonatal intensive care unit.

Type
Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , April 2009 , pp. 383 - 385
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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