Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI)

Patient statistics in the US¹

• Every day, 1 out of 25 patients will contract HAI. 90,000 of those patients die annually
• Studies have shown that selected HAIs can be reduced by as much as 70% with the help of the proper patient sagety interventions

Cost of the HAI in the US¹

• Cost of an HAI case can range from $10K - $50K
• Direct cost of HAI cases to hospitals annually $28B - $45B

Risk factors¹

• Catheters (bloodstream, endotracheal and urinary) 
• Surgery 
• Injections 
• Health care settings that aren’t properly cleaned and disinfected 
• Communicable diseases passing between patients and healthcare workers 
• Overuse or improper use of antibiotics

Common HAI´s ¹

• Central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) 
• Clostridium difficile infections 
• Pneumonia 
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections 
• Surgical site infections 
• Urinary tract infections

References;

1. https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/hospital-acquired-infections…