Nosocomial Infection (TB)

HCW Respiratory Protection Less Costly than Widely Believed

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 2nd, 1998

Despite recent claims, the cost of healthcare worker respiratory protection and fit-testing programs in the nation's hospitals is not prohibitive, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The CDC report found that respiratory protection devices and programs aimed at preventing the nosocomial spread of tuberculosis cost a median of $123,000 in four high-risk hospitals that had experienced outbreaks and under $11,000 in a hospital considered to be low-risk for tuberculosis incidents.

"Our findings, in contrast to those of previous studies using different assumptions and measures, suggest that the cost of a...

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