Volume 10, Number 10—October 2004
Research
Epidemiology and Cost of Nosocomial Gastroenteritis, Avon, England, 2002–2003
Ben A. Lopman*
, Mark H. Reacher*, Ian B. Vipond†, Dawn Hill‡, Christine Perry§, Tracey Halladay¶, David W. Brown*, W. John Edmunds*, and Joyshri Sarangi†
, Mark H. Reacher*, Ian B. Vipond†, Dawn Hill‡, Christine Perry§, Tracey Halladay¶, David W. Brown*, W. John Edmunds*, and Joyshri Sarangi†
Table 4
Costs associated with staff absence from nosocomial outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease, Avon, England, April 2002–March 2003
| Row | Item | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| A | Number of staff cases | 1,360 |
| B | Mean duration of illness | 2.4 |
| C | Recommended days staff should remain absent following recovery | 2 |
| D | Weekly proportion of days worked | 5:7 |
| E | Daily cost of NHS nursea | £113 |
| Total cost of staff absenceb | £482,944 (US$ 794,110) |
aNational average cost based on midpoint of grade E nurse.
bA x (B + C) x D x E.
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