One MRSA infection costs a hospital $60,000

December 15,2009
MSNBC.com

A single patient infected with the increasingly common “superbug” known as MRSA can cost a hospital $60,000, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday.

Their study of seven hospitals and health facilities shows that taking action, even expensive action, to fight infections can save money, the researchers at Duke University in North Carolina said.

The study, published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE, addresses methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA infections associated with surgery

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