Changes in Prevalence of Health Care-Associated Infections in U.S. Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A point-prevalence survey that was conducted in the United States in 2011 showed that 4% of hospitalized patients had a health care-associated infection. We repeated the survey in 2015 to assess changes in the prevalence of health care-associated infections during a period of national attention to the prevention of such infections.

Methods

At Emerging Infections Program sites in 10 states, we recruited up to 25 hospitals in each site area, prioritizing hospitals that had participated in the 2011 survey. Each hospital selected 1 day on which a random sample of patients was identified for assessment. Trained staff reviewed medical records using the 2011 definitions of health care-associated infections. We compared the percentages of patients with health care-associa

SUBMITTER: Magill SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7978499 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature