Silver Book Fact
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 sites
Klevens, R. Monina, Jonathan R. Edwards, Chesley L. Richards, Jr., Teresa C. Horan, Robert P. Gaynes, Daniel A. Pollock, and Denise M. Cardo. Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002. Public Health Reports. 2007; 122(2): 160-6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1820440/