Modeling relaxed policies for discontinuation of methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> contact precautions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the economic costs of reducing the University of Virginia Hospital's present "3-negative" policy, which continues methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contact precautions until patients receive 3 consecutive negative test results, to either 2 or 1 negative.

Design

Cost-effective analysis.

Settings

The University of Virginia Hospital.

Patients

The study included data from 41,216 patients from 2015 to 2019.

Methods

We developed a model for MRSA transmission in the University of Virginia Hospital, accounting for both environmental contamination and interactions between patients and providers, which were derived from electronic health record (EHR) data. The model was fit to MRSA incidence over the study period under

SUBMITTER: Cui J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11439595 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature