Costs and benefits of the MRSA Search and Destroy policy in a Dutch hospital

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1245-1252

  Van Rijen, M M L ^a   Kluytmans, J A J W ^a,b  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CARRIER STATE; CONTACT TRACING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONERS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 70349668993     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0775-8     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. MFQ Kluytmans-VandenBergh JAJW Kluytmans 2006 Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: current perspectives Clin Microbiol Infect 12 Suppl 1 9 15 16445719 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01341.x 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD28XjsFOrurw%3D
2. EW Tiemersma DL Monnet N Bruinsma R Skov JCM Monen H Grundmann 2005 Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, Europe Emerg Infect Dis 11 1798 1799 16422009
3. Dutch Working Party on Infection Prevention (WIP) (2007) MRSA hospital. Available online at: http://www.wip.nl/UK/free-content/Richtlijnen/ MRSA%20hospital.pdf
4. MML Van Rijen PH Van Keulen JAJW Kluytmans 2008 Increase in a Dutch hospital of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus related to animal farming Clin Infect Dis 46 2 261 263 18171259 10.1086/524672 (Pubitemid 351269166)
5. I van Loo X Huijsdens E Tiemersma A de Neeling N van de Sande-Bruinsma D Beaujean A Voss J Kluytmans 2007 Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of animal origin in humans Emerg Infect Dis 13 1834 1839 18258032
6. HF Wertheim HS Ammerlaan MJ Bonten PJ van den Broek A Troelstra CM Vandenbroucke-Grauls MC Vos JL Nouwen JA Kluytmans 2008 Optimisation of the antibiotic policy in the Netherlands. XII. The SWAB guideline for antimicrobial eradication of MRSA in carriers Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 152 49 2667 2671 19137966 1:STN:280:DC%2BD1M%2Fms1eksg%3D%3D
7. M Vriens H Blok A Fluit A Troelstra C van der Werken J Verhoef 2002 Costs associated with a strict policy to eradicate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Dutch university medical center: a 10-year survey Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 21 782 786 12461587 10.1007/s10096-002-0811-4 1:STN:280:DC%2BD38npvFagsA%3D%3D (Pubitemid 35435699)
8. E Nulens E Broex A Ament RH Deurenberg E Smeets J Scheres FH van Tiel B Gordts EE Stobberingh 2008 Cost of the meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus search and destroy policy in a Dutch university hospital J Hosp Infect 68 4 301 307 18353496 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.01.018 1:STN:280:DC%2BD1c3jt1CktA%3D%3D
9. C Griffiths TL Lamagni NS Crowcroft G Duckworth C Rooney 2004 Trends in MRSA in England and Wales: analysis of morbidity and mortality data for 1993-2002 Health Stat Q 21 15 22 15615149
10. DH Wyllie DW Crook TEA Peto 2006 Mortality after Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in two hospitals in Oxfordshire, 1997-2003: cohort study BMJ 333 7562 281 16798756 10.1136/bmj.38834.421713.2F (Pubitemid 44406689)
11. SE Cosgrove Y Qi KS Kaye S Harbarth AW Karchmer Y Carmeli 2005 The impact of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia on patient outcomes: mortality, length of stay, and hospital charges Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 26 2 166 174 15756888 10.1086/502522 (Pubitemid 40445022)
12. MC Bootsma O Diekmann MJ Bonten 2006 Controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: quantifying the effects of interventions and rapid diagnostic testing Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103 14 5620 5625 16565219 10.1073/pnas.0510077103 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD28Xjslejsb8%3D
13. SE Cosgrove G Sakoulas EN Perencevich MJ Schwaber AW Karchmer Y Carmeli 2003 Comparison of mortality associated with methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a meta-analysis Clin Infect Dis 36 53 59 12491202 10.1086/345476 (Pubitemid 36099097)
14. RM Klevens MA Morrison J Nadle S Petit K Gershman LH Harrison R Lynfield G Dumyati JM Townes AS Craig ER Zell GE Fosheim LK McDougal RB Carey SK Fridkin Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs) MRSA Investigators 2007 Invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the United States JAMA 298 15 1763 1771 17940231 10.1001/jama.298.15.1763 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2sXht1Sisb7J (Pubitemid 47598444)