Healthcare-associated infections are infections that patients acquire during the course of receiving healthcare treatment for other conditions Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are infections caused by a wide variety of common and unusual bacteria, fungi, and viruses during the course of receiving medical care.
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality around the world. An estimated 6 million healthcare-associated infections occur each year across the United States, Europe and Japan alone.* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are 1.7 million infections resulting in approximately 99,000 deaths annually in the United States, making healthcare-associated infections the fourth leading cause of death
Globally HAI continues as major problem.
Approximately 1 out of every 20 hospitalized patients will contract an HAI.(CDC)
Antibiotic resistant organisms are growing day by day.
- USA: Up to 2 million healthcare-associated infections per year, of which 80,000 are lethal or may contribute to death (3)
- Europe: 5 million HAI per year, of which 50,000 (1%) are lethal and contribute to death in 135,000 cases (2.7%) (4)
- Japan: Resistance Isolation Rate of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus): 40-80%
- India: An estimated 10 to 30% of patients admitted to hospitals and nursing homes acquire a nosocomial infection (5)
- Up to 70% of organisms causing HAI are resistant to at least one antibiotic (6) (www.biomerieux-diagnostics.com/upload/HAI_KeyFigures.pdf)
In view of above Hospital infection control stands as a major challenge to the Hospital Administrator’
The presentation describes in brief, what is healthcare associated infection, how it spreads, and how to control it for present and prevent it in future.
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