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- Title
The Direct Costs of Universal Precautions in a Teaching Hospital.
- Authors
Doebbeling, Bradley N.; Wenzel, Richard P.
- Abstract
Presents a study that generated a national estimate of the cost of implementation of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Analysis of the increase in expenditures for barrier isolation materials before and after the institution of universal precautions at a university hospital; Increase in the use of rubber gloves in the hospital; Review of hospital purchasing and supply records in both inpatient and outpatient areas.
- Subjects
HEALTH; MEDICINE; HYGIENE; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.)
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1990, Vol 264, Issue 16, p2083
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.1990.03450160053028