Nosocomial Infection

U.S. Says Hospital Infections Cost Billions

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 21st, 2000

Infections that patients catch while hospitalized for other health problems add almost $5 billion to the cost of U.S. health care every year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Dr. William Jarvis, CDC, offered the estimate at an international conference on sponsored by the agency - the Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Health-care-associated Infections. "Our greatest concern is the illness and death that result from these infections. But the economic costs are also quite high," Jarvis said.

"If you get an infection while you're in the hospital for an operation for heart disease, for...

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