75% of c. diff infections start in places like nursing homes and physician offices

75% of clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections, a common HAI, start in places like nursing homes and physician offices.

Infectious Diseases Society of America. Promoting Anti-Infective Development and Antimicrobial Stewardship through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA). Statement of the IDSA befor the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Health; March 2012. http://www.idsociety.org/uploadedfiles/idsa/policy_and_advocacy/current_topics_and_issues/advancing_product_research_and_development/bad_bugs_no_drugs/statements/idsa%20pdufa%20gain%20testimony%20030812%20final.pdf

Title: Promoting Anti-Infective Development and Antimicrobial Stewardship through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA). Statement of the IDSA befor the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Health
Publication Date: March 2012
Authors: Infectious Diseases Society of America
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HAI Annual Cost
Healthcare-associated infections in US hospitals cost $96–$147 billion annually. [ Get More Details ]
Sepsis accounts for nearly 1/2 of ICU expenditures
Infection and related sepsis/septicemia account for 40% of all ICU expenditures. [ Get More Details ]
Source of 99,000 annual deaths from HAIs
Of the 99,000 annual deaths from HAIs: 35,967 are from pneumonia 30,665 are from bloodstream infections 13,088 are from urinary tract infections 8,205 are from surgical site infections; and 11,062 are from infections at other… [ Get More Details ]
Enormous annual direct cost of HAIs to hospitals
The annual direct cost of healthcare-associated infections to U.S. hospitals ranges from $28.4 billion to $45 billion. [ Get More Details ]
Close to 1/2 of HAIs in patients 65+
Around 45% of all hospital-acquired HAIs in 2007 were in patients age 65 and older. [ Get More Details ]