FierceHealthcare writes that an analysis of a U.S. hospital database found that in-hospital mortality is four times higher in patients with a hospital-acquired infection (HAI) than in those without, and the length of stay in the ICU doubled for infected patients, up from a mean of 8.1 days to 15.8 days. Read more: Hospital-acquired infections quadruple ICU deaths – FierceHealthcare
Hospital mortality four times higher in patients with a hospital-acquired infection
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