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Screening, isolation, and decolonisation strategies in the control of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units: cost effectiveness evaluation

Course Directors

William D. Carey
William D. Carey, MD

Director, Center for Continuing Education
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Kirsten Patrick

Assistant Editor, British Medical Journal, London

Faculty

Julie V Robotham

Mathematical Modeller/Health Economist,
Health Protection Agency, London, UK

Nicholas Graves

Professor of Health Economics,
Queensland University of Technology,
Brisbane, Australia

Barry D Cookson

Director,
Laboratory of Healthcare Associated Infection,
Health Protection Agency, London, UK

Adrian G Barnett

Associate Professor of Health Economics,
Queensland University of Technology,
Brisbane, Australia

Jennie A Wilson

Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control,
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

Jonathan D Edgeworth

Consultant Microbiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer,
Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Rahul Batra

Infection Research Fellow,
Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Brian H Cuthbertson

Chief, Department of Critical Care Medicine,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto

Ben S Cooper

Senior Research Fellow,
Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit,
Bangkok, Thailand

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BMJ Learning

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Course Description

The purpose of this activity is to review infection control policies aiming to reduce meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, using a model based evaluation; to gain insight into how mathematical models are developed; and to review how models can be used to evaluate the cost effectiveness of interventions.

Activity Details

Credit Types:CME
Credit Amount:1.0 Credits
Release Date:2011-Sep-28
Expiration Date:2013-Sep-28
Registration Required:Yes
Cost:£81/yr
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