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Descriptive Analysis of Healthcare-Associated Infections Other than Bloodstream, Respiratory, Urinary Tract, or Surgical Site Infections, 2001–2011

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: It is estimated that healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) account for approximately 1.7 million infections and 99,000 deaths in US hospitals each year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) have developed standardized surveillance definitions of HAIs including surgical site infection (SSI), pneumonia, bloodstream infection (BSI), and urinary tract infection (UTI).2 All HAIs except for these "big four" infection types are categorized as "other" types of HAI. Of the estimated numbers of total HAIs (1,195,142) and deaths associated with HAI (98,987) in US hospitals among adults and children outside of intensive care units (ICUs), other types of HAI accounted for 22% (263,810) and 11% (11,062) of deaths, respectively, which suggests that other HAIs represent a substantial burden in US healthcare facilities.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

DOI: 10.1086/668423

Authors: Hajime Kanamori, David J. Weber, Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett, Vickie Brown, Mitsuo Kaku, William A. Rutala

Institutions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tohoku University, University of North Carolina Health Care

Language: English

Topic: Infection Control in Healthcare

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention