Estimated Costs of False laboratory Diagnoses of Tuberculosis in Three Patients.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Northrup, Jill M.; Miller, Ann C.; Nardell, Edward; Sharnprapai, Sharon; Etkind, Sue; Driscoll, Jeffrey; McGarry, Michael; Taber, Harry W.; Elvin, Paul; Qualls, Noreen L.; Braden, Christopher R.
- Source
- Emerging Infectious Diseases. Nov2002, Vol. 8 Issue 11, p1264. 7p. 3 Charts.
- Subject
- *MEDICAL care costs
*DIAGNOSTIC errors
*MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis
*LABORATORIES
- Language
- ISSN
- 1080-6040
Presents a study that estimated direct medical and nonmedical costs associated with a false diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) caused by laboratory contamination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures in Massachusetts from 1998 to 1999. Details on the rate of patients having false diagnosis resulting from contamination; Factors that may assist TB control programs in identifying patients with potentially cross-contaminated cultures; Limitations of the study.