~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.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ’s Efforts to Prevent and Reduce Health Care-Associated Infections: Fact sheet. Rockville, MD: AHRQ Publication; 2010:13. http://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/haiflyer.pdf

Title: AHRQ’s Efforts to Prevent and Reduce Health Care-Associated Infections: Fact sheet
Publisher: AHRQ Publication
Publication Date: 2010
Authors: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Pages: 13
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Majority of physicians treated patient with at least 1 drug-resistant infection
63% of surveyed infectious disease physicians treated a patient with at least one drug-resistant infection in 2011. 56% believed those infections to be on the rise. [ 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 ]
Drug-resistant infections increase length & cost of hospital stays
Drug-resistant infections increase the length of hospital stays by more than 23% and the cost by close to 30%. [ Get More Details ]
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. [ 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 ]