Despite Progress, Ongoing Efforts Needed to Combat Infections Impacting Hospital Patients - Press Release

March 26, 2014

On any given day, approximately one in 25 U.S. patients has at least one infection contracted during the course of their hospital care, adding up to about 722,000 infections in 2011, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This information is an update to previous CDC estimates of healthcare-associated infections.

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Despite Progress, Ongoing Efforts Needed to Combat Infections Impacting Hospital Patients - Press Release

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