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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Around $35 billion cost to society from antibiotic resistant infections
The societal costs of antibiotic resistant infections are around $35 billion each year- this includes the cost of lost wages and premature deaths. [ Get More Details ]
Primary sources of HAIs
Around 2/3 of all HAIs are central-line associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Surgical site infections and Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) are also common HAIs. [ Get More Details ]
~1 in 20 hospitalized patients will get an HAI
Around 1 in 20 hospitalized patients will contract a healthcare-associated infection, the most common complication of hospital care. [ Get More Details ]
Hospital stays longer when HAIs involved
The average length of hospital stays are 19 days longer with healthcare-associated infections than without (24.4 days versus 5.2 days). [ Get More Details ]
Antibiotic resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae on the rise
Resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae to antibiotics has dramatically increased- from 5.3% to 11.6% for third generation cephalosporins (between 1999 and 2010), and from <0.1% to 4.5% for carbapenams (between 2002… [ Get More Details ]