Inexpensive infection control measures could save thousands of lives, billions of dollars

At any given time, one of every 20 hospital patients has a hospital-acquired infection, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This leads to an estimated 99,000 deaths in the U.S. each year and up to $33 billion in preventable health care costs. Now a new study finds that adopting an inexpensive set of infection control measures could potentially save many thousands of lives and billions of dollars.

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