Forty percent of hospitalizations after severe sepsis are potentially preventable
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Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations and the Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infections
BACKGROUND An estimated 4% of hospital admissions acquired healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and accounted for $9.8 (USD) billion in direct cost during 2011. In 2010, nearly 140 000 of the 3.5 million potentially preventable hospitalizations (PPHs) may have acquired an HAI. There is a knowledge gap regarding the co-occurrence of these events. AIMS To estimate the period occurrences and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: 10.1186/cc14038