Cost of screening intensive care unit patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals.

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Cost of screening intensive care unit patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals.

Am J Infect Control. 2011 Feb;39(1):27-34

Authors: Nyman JA, Lees CH, Bockstedt LA, Filice GA, Lexau C, Lesher LJ, Como-Sabetti K, Lynfield R

The objective of this study is to determine the costs per hospital admission of screening intensive care unit patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and isolating those who are colonized.

PMID: 21281884 [PubMed - in process]

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