Evaluating the cost implications of integrating SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing for infection prevention and control investigation of nosocomial transmission within hospitals

e-pub ahead of print date: 9 June 2023

Published date: September 2023

Additional Information: Funding Information: Members of different teams who provided data:, Infection Prevention and Control: M. Cummins (Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK); G. Mollett, A. Marek (NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK); C. Beviz, H. Mitchell (Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK); B. Taylor, D. Lankstead (Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK); K. Wylie (Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK); A. Cobb (Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, UK); E. Baxter (Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK); D. Thomlinson (City Hospital, Birmingham, UK); L. Hail (University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK). Income, Contracting and Costing: D. Jaramillo (Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK); J. Haughney (NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK); S. Mookerjee (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK); P. Dudley, C. Wilson (Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK); J. Field (Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, UK). Laboratories: A. Da Silva Filipe, D. Macpherson, D. Mair (NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK); C. McCann (Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, UK); J. Schutter (University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK); K. Laing (St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK); A. Beckett (Centre for Enzyme Innovation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK); S. Glaysher (Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK); K.F. Cook, C. Fearn, S. Goudarzi, H. Dent, H. Paul (School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science & School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK). K. Saeed would like to thank M. Connell, B. James and other colleagues in the Costing/Central Management Accounting Team at University Hospital Southampton as well as J. Brookes, S. Dailly, S. Jeremiah, J. Prieto, C. Holmes, T. Julius, A. Elliott, P. Doherty, K. Chandler, D. Court, S. Aplin and other colleagues in infection prevention at University Hospital Southampton for all their support during those challenging times and providing some of the interviews and costing calculations for the study. Funding Information: The study was funded by UK Research and Innovation and the Wellcome Trust through the COG-UK Consortium grant. J. Breuer receives funding from the National Institute for Health Research UCL/UCLH Biomedical Research Centre. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors

Keywords: COVID-19, Cost, Healthcare-associated infection, Infection prevention and control, Micro-costing, SARS-CoV-2

Local EPrints ID: 481110

URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/481110

DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2023.06.005

ISSN: 0195-6701

PURE UUID: f77b4a8a-1723-44b8-90c5-d6ad6835226b

ORCID for Kordo Saeed: orcid.org/0000-0003-0123-0302

ORCID for C Pope: orcid.org/0000-0002-8935-6702

Date deposited: 15 Aug 2023 16:54

Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 03:52