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Hospital Associated Infection Report

By | September 11th, 2013|General|

The 5 most common hospital-acquired infections cost the U.S. health care system almost $10B a year, according to a new study by Harvard researchers. The study was published online in JAMA Internal Medicine this week.  According to CDC, one out of every 20 patients admitted to a hospital will pick up an infection while there.  Central [...]

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Preventing Hospital Associated Infections in AZ: New Performance Data

By | February 15th, 2013|Prevention|

A new CDC report released this week gave a status update on the national Winnable Battle to reduce hospital associated infections.   Not all medical procedures carry the same risk of infection, so the report uses something called a standardized infection ratio to compare infection rates among hospitals. It’s a complicated statistic, but basically, it divides [...]

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