Direct Costs of a Contact Isolation Day: A Prospective Cost Analysis at a Swiss University Hospital. (18th December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Roth, Jan A.; Hornung-Winter, Claudia; Radicke, Isabel; Hug, Balthasar L.; Biedert, Monika; Abshagen, Christian; Battegay, Manuel; Widmer, Andreas F.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 39:Number 1(2018)
• Page Start: 101
• Page End: 103
• Publication Date: 2017-12-18
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.258
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract : We prospectively evaluated direct costs of contact precautions using on-site observation. Additional mean costs per patient day were calculated for extra materials used, increased workload, and one-off isolation activities. The cost of contact precautions was $158.90 (95% confidence interval, $124.90‒$192.80) per patient day. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:101–103