Silver Book Fact
1 in 10 HAI hospital stays from sepsis
1 in 10 hospital stays with HAIs have a principal diagnosis of septicemia.
Lucado J, Paez K, Andrews R, Steiner C. Adult Hospital Stays with Infections Due to Medical Care, 2007. Statistical Brief. August 2010; 94. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb94.pdf