Cost-Effectiveness of a National Initiative to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance Using the Outcome of Healthcare Associated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia.

BACKGROUND:The objective is to estimate the incremental cost-effectiveness of the Australian National Hand Hygiene Inititiave implemented between 2009 and 2012 using healthcare associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia as the outcome. Baseline comparators are the eight existing state and territor...

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Main Authors: Nicholas Graves, Katie Page, Elizabeth Martin, David Brain, Lisa Hall, Megan Campbell, Naomi Fulop, Nerina Jimmeison, Katherine White, David Paterson, Adrian G Barnett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4747462?pdf=render