Missouriwatcher
Editor, Senior Moderator
"Washington D.C. ? Two common conditions caused by hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) killed 48,000 people and ramped up health care costs by $8.1 billion in 2006 alone, according to a study released today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
This is the largest nationally representative study to date of the toll taken by sepsis and pneumonia, two conditions often caused by deadly microbes, including the antibiotic-resistant bacteria MRSA. Such infections can lead to longer hospital stays, serious complications and even death...
...Even worse, the team found that nearly 20 percent of people who developed sepsis after surgery died as a result of the infection...
...In 11 percent of the cases, the patient died as a result of the pneumonia infection...
...Based on their research, study authors were able to estimate the annual number of deaths and health care costs due to sepsis and pneumonia that is actually preventable."
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/bc-nss022110.php
This is the largest nationally representative study to date of the toll taken by sepsis and pneumonia, two conditions often caused by deadly microbes, including the antibiotic-resistant bacteria MRSA. Such infections can lead to longer hospital stays, serious complications and even death...
...Even worse, the team found that nearly 20 percent of people who developed sepsis after surgery died as a result of the infection...
...In 11 percent of the cases, the patient died as a result of the pneumonia infection...
...Based on their research, study authors were able to estimate the annual number of deaths and health care costs due to sepsis and pneumonia that is actually preventable."
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/bc-nss022110.php