Hospitals should be safe havens for healing. Yet every year, one in 25 patients contracts at least one healthcare-associated infection (HAI) while in the hospital. Of these 1.7 million HAI cases, ...
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Better cleaning of hospital equipment could cut patient infections by one-third—and save money
Hospital-acquired infections are infections patients didn't have when they were admitted to hospital. The most common include wound infections after surgery, urinary tract infections and pneumonia.
The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...
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