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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Jan;36(1):2–13. doi: 10.1017/ice.2014.1

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Sensitivity analysis of increasing the impact of MRSA infection, measured as attributable length of stay [y-axis], and efficacy of contact precautions, measured as number of infections averted [x-axis]. The shaded area represents the optimal surveillance strategy, i.e. cost=benefits or costs<benefits. The sensitivity analysis is presented for baseline conditions of MRSA colonization (10%) and for colonization prevalence of 20% and 30%.

Units of number of infections averted are per MRSA carrier placed in contact isolation.