Essential facts about infection every facility should know.

HAIs Surgical  Burn  Chronic wounds  Exit sites  Legal  References

Healthcare Associated Infection (HAIs)

• Approximately 10% of hospital patients acquire an infection after admission.⁷
• 2 million patients develop HAIs in the US per year.⁸
• 90,000 U.S. deaths reported as a result of HAIs infections in the US last year.⁸
• HAIs kill more people in the U.S. than HIV and auto accidents combined, each year.

Surgical Site Infections

• An average of 2.7% of all surgical sites get infected.⁹
• 500,000 SSIs occur per year.⁸
• Average incremental length of stay for infected patients— 8 days.¹³

Burn Site Traumatic Impact

• Up to 10,000 people in the US die every year from burn-related infections.¹⁴
• That’s a 20% mortality rate due to infection.¹⁴
• Infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB) increased length of stay 42% from 26 to 37 days.¹¹

Cost of Chronic Wounds

• 98% of chronic wounds are contaminated with aerobic organisms.¹⁰
• Infection rate estimated at 2.1%.¹⁵
• Incremental length of stay greater than 10 days.¹⁶

Exit Sites- Increased Risk

• Catheter related blood stream infections (CRBSI) rate— 2.4%.¹²
• Open tracheotomy infection rate reports as high as 36%.¹⁷
• CRBSI lead to an incremental 22 days hospital stay.¹²

Legal

• Tenet Healthcare Corp. to pay $31 million to settle infection related lawsuits.
• 6 states have mandatory reporting of infection rates.
• 28 states have similar legislation pending.