Economic Consequences of HAI

“Healthcare associated infections in hospitals impose significant economic consequences on the nation’s healthcare system”

Incidence

Approximately 4.5 HAIs for every 100 hospital admissions

Cost

“According to the CDC, each year, U.S hospitals experience 1.7 million health-care acquired infections, causing roughly 99,000 deaths at a cost of 37$ to 45% billion dollars”

Of these infections:

32% of all healthcare –associated infections are urinary tract infections

22% are surgical site infections

15% are pneumonia

14% are bloodstream infections

Cost to the patient

Patients who acquire a infection from surgery on average spend , an additional 6.5 days in the hospital

Five times more likely to be readmitted after discharge

Twice as likely to die

60% more likely to require admission to a hospital’s intensive care
unit

Surgical infections are believed to account for up to 10 million dollars annually

Reference:

www.cdc.gov

http://www.hpoe.org