Silver Book Fact
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.
Lucado, Jennifer, Kathryn Paez, Roxanne Andrews, and Claudia Steiner. 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