Eliminating MRSA Is Surveillance Worth It

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Eliminating MRSAIs Surveillance Worth It?

• Lessons from the CCUMICU
• Allegheny General Hospital
• Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative

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The Results Endure and Extend
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Training
Long Indwelling
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The Human and Economic Costs of Nosocomial
Infections
Defined by Infection Control
no routine surveillance
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AGH Losses Associated with Nosocomial Infections
Saving (90 Reduction)
Projected Based Upon Underreporting
Actual
Gross Margins (FY 04)
944,265
(-1,748,640)
(-1,049,184)
CLAB (n72)
510,453
(-2,268,684)
(-567,171)
VAP (n33)
7,314,685
(-12,130,489)
(-8,127,428)
MRSA (n188)
8,769,403
(-9,743,783)
Loss associated with nosocomial infections
(-16,147,813)