HEALTHCARE ACQUIRED INFECTIONS Interesting Facts 10 about
Apr 22, 2015
HEALTHCARE ACQUIRED INFECTIONS
Interesting Facts10
about
Healthcare acquired
infections kill more
people than breast cancer & automobile
accidents combined.
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Each year....
deaths every day.
2
271
HAIs
affect nearly 2 million people each year in the U.S.
3
$35.7 to $45 billion
per year is spent on treating these
infections. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention,
2009 report
4
HAIs consume resources, prolong patients’ hospital stays and typically are only partially reimbursed.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009 report
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$20,000 to $25,000 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007 consumer price index
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The leading transmission routes of dangerous micro-organisms that cause HAIs are contact, droplet and airborne.
The World Health Organization
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Hand washing ¦ Isolating patients ¦ Cleaning Protective gowns, masks and gloves
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Standard HAI prevention is Lacking when it comes to Airborne Infection Control.
More than 70% of bacteria that cause HAIs are resistant to at least one of the drugs commonly used to treat them.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009 report
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009 report
Up to $31.5 billion could be saved with an
effective infection solution.
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THE LAST EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT of infection control occurred in the 1860s when Joseph Lister
used Carbolic Acid as an antiseptic in surgical procedures.
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But it was true until…
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A practical solution became commercially available.
For long-term care facilities.
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