Preventive efficacy and cost-effectiveness of point-of-use water filtration in a subacute care unit
| Autor: | Joseph S. Cervia, Charity Holmes, Francis P. Canonica, Girolamo A. Ortolano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Epidemiology Cost effectiveness Cost-Benefit Analysis Point-of-Care Systems medicine.disease_cause law.invention Water Purification law Prevalence Medicine Subacute care Humans Pseudomonas Infections Intensive care medicine Filtration business.industry Pseudomonas aeruginosa Health Policy Risk of infection Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Pneumonia Infectious Diseases Lung disease business Subacute Care |
| Zdroj: | American journal of infection control. 38(1) |
| ISSN: | 1527-3296 |
| Popis: | Infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other waterborne pathogens (WBPs) are major contributors to serious morbidity and mortality in hospitals. We sought to determine whether point-of-use (POU) water filtration might result in decreased risk of infection in the subacute care unit (SACU) of a 208-bed medical center. Our findings indicate that POU water filtration can significantly and cost-effectively reduce colonization of and infection with WBPs, including ventilator-associated pneumonia, in an SACU. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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