Modelling the costs and effects of selective and universal hospital admission screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Screening at hospital admission for carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been proposed as a strategy to reduce nosocomial infections. The objective of this study was to determine the long-term costs and health benefits of selective and universal screening for MRSA at ho...

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Main Authors: Gijs Hubben, Martin Bootsma, Michiel Luteijn, Diarmuid Glynn, David Bishai, Marc Bonten, Maarten Postma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3069001?pdf=render