Estimated hospital costs associated with preventable health care-associated infections if health care antiseptic products were unavailable

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 197-205

  Schmier, Jordana K ^a   Hulme Lowe, Carolyn K ^a   Semenova, Svetlana ^a   Klenk, Juergen A ^a   Deleo, Paul C ^b   Sedlak, Richard ^c   Carlson, Pete A ^d  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b Department of Quality Safety Standards and Outcomes   (United States)

^c New School   (United States)

^d Ecolab ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anti infective agents; Antiseptic agents; Costs and cost analysis; Hospital infections; Topical

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84968853972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CEOR.S102505     Document Type: Article

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