Admission screening testing of patients and staff N95 respirators are cost-effective in reducing COVID-19 hospital-acquired infections

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作者
McAndrew, F. [1 ]
Abeysuriya, R. G. [1 ,2 ]
Sacks-Davis, R. [1 ,2 ]
Sammann, M. [3 ]
Lister, D. M. [3 ]
West, D. [3 ]
Majumdar, S. S. [1 ,2 ]
Scott, N. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Burnet Inst, 85 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia
[2] Monash Univ, Dept Epidemiol & Prevent Med, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[3] Victorian Govt Dept Hlth, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
关键词
COVID-19; Agent-based model; Outbreak; Acute care; Hospital-acquired infections; Cost-effectiveness;
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10.1016/j.jhin.2024.06.015
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
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Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks in acute care settings can have severe consequences for patients due to their underlying vulnerabilities, and can be costly due to additional patient bed-days and the need to replace isolating staff. This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of clinical staff N95 respirators and admission screening testing of patients to reduce COVID-19 hospital-acquired infections. Methods: An agent-based model was calibrated to data on 178 outbreaks in acute care settings in Victoria, Australia between October 2021 and July 2023. Outbreaks were simulated under different combinations of staff masking (surgical, N95) and patient admission screening testing [none, rapid antigen test (RAT), polymerase chain reaction]. For each scenario, average diagnoses, COVID-19 deaths, quality-adjusted life years from discharged patients, and costs (masks, testing, patient COVID-19 bed-days, staff replacement costs while isolating) from acute COVID-19 were estimated over a 12-month period. Findings: Compared with no admission screening testing and staff surgical masks, all scenarios were cost saving with health gains. Staff N95 respirators & thorn; RAT admission screening of patients was the cheapest scenario, saving A$78.4M [95% uncertainty interval (UI) 44.4M-135.3M] and preventing 1543 (95% UI 1070-2146) deaths state-wide per annum. Both interventions were individually beneficial: staff N95 respirators saved A$54.7M and 854 deaths state-wide per annum, while RAT admission screening of patients saved A$57.6M and 1176 deaths state-wide per annum. Interpretation: In acute care settings, staff N95 respirators and admission screening testing of patients can reduce hospital-acquired COVID-19 and COVID-19 deaths, and are cost saving because of reduced patient bed-days and staff replacement needs. (c) 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Healthcare Infection Society.
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