On the basis of a large outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a German university hospital, we estimated costs ( approximately 1 million Euros) that could have been avoided by early detection of the imminent outbreak. For this purpose, we demonstrate an easy-to-use statistical method.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600185 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1402.070752 | DOI Listing |
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