Financial implications of plans to combat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an orthopaedic department

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 668-671

  Hassan, K ^a   Koh, C ^a   Karunaratne, D ^a   Hughes, C ^a   Giles, S N ^a  

^a Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; MRSA; Orthopaedics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING CARE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WARD; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND DRESSING;

CROSS INFECTION; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 35348926972     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X209400     Document Type: Article

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