Physician, wash thy hands – Kentucky.com

1.7 Million Hospital Acquired Infections per Year!

Here’s compelling data that should make you think twice about going to the hospital.

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About $30 billion is spent each year treating the 1.7 million hospital-acquired infections that kill almost 100,000 patients.

Clostridium difficile, a bacteria that can cause life-threatening diarrhea, has overtaken MRSA as the number one HAI. On average, a hospitalized patient in the United States has more than a 1 percent chance of acquiring the infection.

Physician, wash thy hands – Op-Ed – Kentucky.com.

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