Volume 7, Number 2—April 2001
THEME ISSUE
4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Healthcare-Associated Infections
State of the Art
Molecular Approaches to Diagnosing and Managing Infectious Diseases: Practicality and Costs
Michael A. Pfaller
Table 5
Reduction in number and cost of nosocomial infections through collaborative efforts of infection control, clinical microbiology, and molecular typing laboratoriesa
| Reduction in total infections (no.) | Reduction in cost (million $) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nosocomial infection | |||||
| Time period | rate (%)b | 94 vs. 95 | 94 vs. 96 | 94 vs. 95 | 94 vs. 96 |
| FY 1993 | 3.3 | ||||
| FY 1994 | 3.4 | ||||
| FY 1995 | 2.6 | 301 | 1.8 | ||
| FY 1996 | 2.6 | 344 | 2.6 | ||
aAdapted from Hacek et al.(10).
bPercentage of patients with nosocomial infections.
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