Alan J Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote:
> Aseptic technique may be imperfect in many places but hundreds of > thousands of death due to negligence? Cite please. And not some whacko > website, please. > > > http://www.safepatientproject.org/2007/05/cdc_publishes_sobering_stats_o.html > In a newly released study <http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/hai.html> (1), > the CDC estimates that there are 4.5 hospital infections for every 100 > patient admissions and nearly 100,000 deaths from hospital infection. > Thanks. See also: Lavate vestras manus. Handwashing Liaison Group. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1281522/ Hand hygiene—the case for evidence-based education Among the priorities identified for the National Health Service (NHS) are reductions in hospital-acquired infection and in antimicrobial resistance1. These are to be achieved by improved surveillance, optimal antibiotic prescribing and strengthening of basic infection control procedures such as handwashing. According to recent figures2,3, hospital acquired infection affects 1 in 11 inpatients, carries a 13% mortality and lengthens stay by a factor of 2.5. The extra cost to the NHS is nearly £3000 per patient, and the total annual cost is nearly £1 billion. Between 15% and 30% of hospital-acquired infection is considered preventable . . . How American Health Care Killed My Father http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/09/how-american-health-care-killed-my-father/7617/ There are thousands more references from the U.S. NIH, the CDC and every other major heath agency. - Jed
