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Business Pulse connects CDC and business to address public health issues - Media Statement

February 4, 2014

Every day, 1 in 20 hospitalized patients has an infection caused by medical care. Health care-associated infections are costly to businesses and are potentially lethal to employees. In fact, health care-associated infections create an economic burden of as much as $45 billion for citizens and businesses each year, even though 70 percent of some infections are preventable.

Original Source: https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=132608&c=308732