Is it worth screening for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium colonization?: Financial burden of screening in a developing country

ULU-KILIC, AYŞEGÜL; OZHAN, Esra; ALTUN, Dilek; PERCIN, Duygu; GÜNEŞ, TAMER; Alp, Emine

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.11.008

Is it worth screening for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium colonization?: Financial burden of screening in a developing country

ULU-KILIC A., OZHAN E., ALTUN D., PERCIN D., GÜNEŞ T., Alp E.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, cilt.44, sa.4, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 44 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2016
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.11.008
Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: The screening of critically ill patients at high risk of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) colonization, to detect and isolate colonized patients, is recommended to prevent and control the transmission of VRE. Screening asymptomatic carriers brings financial burden for institutions. In this study, we performed risk analysis for VRE colonization and determined the financial burden of screening in a middle-income country, Turkey.