Safety of Palivizumab Stewardship in Conjunction with Infection Prevention and Control Strategies for Healthcare-Associated Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections

Autor:	Emily Merrick, Rupal Patel, Kenny Kronforst, Caroline Reuter, Xiaotian Zheng, Larry K. Kociolek, Sameer J. Patel
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Microbiology (medical) Palivizumab Male medicine.medical_specialty Neonatal intensive care unit Epidemiology Pharmacy Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections Antiviral Agents Chemoprevention Virus Drug Administration Schedule 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Healthcare associated Cost Savings Risk Factors 030225 pediatrics medicine Infection control Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Respiratory system Policy Making Cross Infection Infection Control business.industry Infant Newborn Patient Discharge United States Infectious Diseases Emergency medicine Female Stewardship business medicine.drug
Zdroj:	Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 39(4)
ISSN:	1559-6834
Popis:	Transitioning from administration of monthly palivizumab to a single dose at discharge was associated with substantial pharmacy cost savings. With the concurrent adoption of private hospital rooms and visitor restriction policies, hospital-wide and neonatal intensive care unit healthcare-associated respiratory syncytial virus infections decreased following these changes.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:485–487
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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