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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Sep 20;39(11):1340–1346. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.228

Table 3.

Base-Case Results per 10,000 Population Undergoing Surgery

Variable Decolonization Strategy
SOC Test and Treat Treat All
Surgical site infections, no. 358 277 259

Prevented SSIs, no. N/A 81 99

Deaths due to SSI, no. 4 3 3

Prevented deaths due to SSI, no. N/A 1 1

Total cost savings, $ N/A 1,235,114 2,178,307

Note. SOC, standard of care; N/A, not applicable; SSI, surgical site infection.