Infections in US hospitals kill 48,000, cost billions: study (Or 99,000)

AFP ^ | Feb 22, 2010 | Unknown

[decimon]

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Nearly 50,000 US medical patients die every year of blood poisoning or pneumonia they picked up in hospital, a study published Monday shows.

Hospital-acquired sepsis and pneumonia in 2006 claimed 48,000 lives, led to 2.3 million extra patient-days in hospital and cost 8.1 billion dollars, according to the study, led by researchers from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy at Washington-based Resources for the Future.

Together, the two hospital-acquired infections -- also called nosocomial infections -- account for about one-third of the 1.7 million infections US patients pick up every year while in hospital, the study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows.

They are also responsible for nearly half of the 99,000 deaths a year from hospital-acquired infections reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

[big tent]

Trust me, its how he wanted to go, quick and without being debilitated. I could only imagine the hell he was going to face, and the effect on all of us.

[verity]

The writer, Unknown, has written hundreds of articles on many subjects. ;-)

[decimon]

The writer, Unknown, has written hundreds of articles on many subjects. ;-)

It's like that Italian guy, Fragile. His name is on everything.

[camle]

thanx dude. they suddenly are hopeful, but we don’t know how much of ‘her’ survives - she might not know who she is, etc.. we hope to find out in a week or so.

[verity]

lolol