Reducing Infections Beneficial for Both Patients & Hospitals
Complications caused by infections cost insurers and individuals an extra $614 million in 2004. Patients must spend more time in the hospital, must undergo more procedures, and also face a much higher risk of death. The chief of medicine at Allegheny General Hospital believes most hospitals don't realize that it's possible to virtually eliminate all infections and don't understand that there is an "economic imperative to do so." Ceci Connolly, The Washington Post 03/29/2006 Read Article: The Washington Post
Complications caused by infections cost insurers and individuals an extra $614 million in 2004. Patients must spend more time in the hospital, must undergo more procedures, and also face a much higher risk of death. The chief of medicine at Allegheny General Hospital believes most hospitals don't realize that it's possible to virtually eliminate all infections and don't understand that there is an "economic imperative to do so." Ceci Connolly, The Washington Post 03/29/2006 Read Article: The Washington Post
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