Nosocomial Infection
Report: CDC off on infection deaths
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 18th, 2002
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last year calculated 90,000 deaths in 2000 were linked to hospital infections, the fourth leading cause of death in the United States behind heart disease, cancer and strokes.
Many of the deaths were caused by unsanitary facilities, germ-laden instruments and unwashed hands, the newspaper said in its July 21, 2002, editions.
According to the report, infection rates are soaring...
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