Universal Methicillin-Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>(MRSA) Surveillance for Adults at Hospital Admission: An Economic Model and Analysis

Abstract

Universal MRSA surveillance of adults at hospital admission appears to be cost-effective at a wide range of prevalence and basic reproductive rate values. Individual hospitals and healthcare systems could compare their prevailing conditions (eg, the prevalence of MRSA colonization and MRSA transmission dynamics) with the benchmarks in our model to help determine their optimal local strategies.