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Direct Costs of a Contact Isolation Day: A Prospective Cost Analysis at a Swiss University Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2017

Jan A. Roth ,
Claudia Hornung-Winter ,
Isabel Radicke ,
Balthasar L. Hug ,
Monika Biedert ,
Christian Abshagen ,
Manuel Battegay  and
Andreas F. Widmer
Jan A. Roth
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Claudia Hornung-Winter
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Isabel Radicke
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Balthasar L. Hug
Affiliation:
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Monika Biedert
Affiliation:
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Department of Finance, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Christian Abshagen
Affiliation:
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Department of Finance, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Manuel Battegay
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Andreas F. Widmer*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
*
Address correspondence to Prof Dr Andreas F. Widmer, MD, MS, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland ([email protected]).
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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

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , January 2018 , pp. 101 - 103
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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