Estimates of Healthcare-Associated Infections
CDC strives to understand how healthcare-associated infections happen and to develop appropriate interventions. A new report from CDC updates previous estimates of healthcare-associated infections. In American hospitals alone, healthcare-associated infections account for an estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 associated deaths each year. Of these infections:
- 32 percent of all healthcare-associated infection are urinary tract infections
- 22 percent are surgical site infections
- 15 percent are pneumonia (lung infections)
- 14 percent are bloodstream infections
Fact Sheets
- What is CDC doing to prevent healthcare-associated infections?
- Questions and Answers about Healthcare-Associated Infections
Publications
- The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. Hospitals and the Benefits of Prevention 2009 PDF 730 KB /1 6 pages
This report uses results from the published medical and economic literature to provide a range of estimates for the annual direct medical hospital cost of treating healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in the United States. -
Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002. Public Health Reports (PDF 241KB 7 pages)
Slide Presentation
- Burden estimates to support prioritization of public health problems PowerPoint slide set (176KB)
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Date last modified: April 1, 2009
Content source:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
Content source:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
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