1998
Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Increasing Access to Sterile Syringes and Needles as an HIV Prevention Intervention in the United States
Holtgrave D, Pinkerton S, Jones T, Lurie P, Vlahov D. Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Increasing Access to Sterile Syringes and Needles as an HIV Prevention Intervention in the United States. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1998, 18: s133-s138. PMID: 9663636, DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199802001-00022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersHIV infectionHIV prevention interventionsSterile syringesPrevention interventionsIDUs' accessActive injection drug usersIllicit drug injectionPublic health decision makersSyringe exchange programsHealth decision makersHIV transmissionDrug injectionHIV preventionHypothetical cohortDrug usersMedical carePocket expenditureInfectionPharmacy salesProgram coverageLifetime costsHigh levelsSyringesUnited States
1987
Prospective Microbiologic Surveillance in Control of Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Walsh T, Vlahov D, Hansen S, Sonnenberg E, Khabbaz R, Gadacz T, Standiford H. Prospective Microbiologic Surveillance in Control of Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1987, 8: 7-14. PMID: 3102395, DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700066923.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusNew MRSA casesNosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusMRSA casesTracheostomy siteMRSA outbreaksNew casesNosocomial MRSA outbreaksHospital-wide effortPMS programStaphylococcus aureusFrequency of casesMicrobiologic surveillanceInfection controlQuarterly costsEarly identificationSurveillance programThird outbreakPilot studyMicrobiological surveillance programPatientsPrompt detectionInfectionNew outbreaksMonths