Economic damage caused by major nosocomial pyoseptic infections in newborn babies and puerperas

The results of examining 100 case records of the neonates transferred from obstetric hospitals to the neonatal units of children's hospitals for signs of pyoseptic infections (PSI) at various sites (conjunctivitis, omphalitis, dermal PSI, and concomitant forms of PSI) and 22 case records of the women admitted to the gynecological units as diagnosed as having puerperal endometritis were used to estimate economic damage per case of nosocomial PSI in newborn babies and puerperas as the cost of laboratory tests and antibiotic and general health-improving treatments plus the basic tariff without the average value of diagnostic and therapeutic measures. The economic losses per case of major PSIs averaged 7510.1 rbl., which was equal to 306 USD or 209 EUR (as of January 1, 2008). The economic damage caused by a case of puerperal endometritis was 8722.8 rbl, which was equal to 355.4 USD or 242.8 EUR.