People would assume that when they are admitted into a hospital, they will get treated, and hopefully leave the health issue they came in with, at the hospital. While in most cases this is true, they might actually leave with a new issue, called an HAI (Healthcare-associated Infection). Although rare, these can occur due to unsanitary reasons, such as a dirty catheter, or the nurse forgetting to use an anti-septic before putting in an IV. These infections are preventable with the correct measures being taken place, but there is always room for human error. According to the CDC, “about one in 25 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection” (“Healthcare-associated Infections,” 2016).
The CDC posts an annual report, National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report, that describes the statistics of preventing HAIs for that year. In 2016, the …show more content…
They report findings from both acute care and long-term acute care hospitals. Their findings for acute care hospitals were that there had been a 50 percent decrease in central line-associated bloodstream infections between the years 2008 and 2014 (“Healthcare-associated Infections,” 2016). They also found that there was a decrease in surgical site infections, which the statistics were taken from 10 procedures that were analyzed throughout previous reports. The report states that there was a “13 percent decrease in hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia (bloodstream infections) between 2011 and 2014” (“Healthcare-associated Infections,” 2016). We can assume that these decreases are due to better anti-septic techniques, both by nurses and surgeons. Although there was a change in these statistics, there are instances where statistics remain the same. They observed no change
The CDC posts an annual report, National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report, that describes the statistics of preventing HAIs for that year. In 2016, the …show more content…
They report findings from both acute care and long-term acute care hospitals. Their findings for acute care hospitals were that there had been a 50 percent decrease in central line-associated bloodstream infections between the years 2008 and 2014 (“Healthcare-associated Infections,” 2016). They also found that there was a decrease in surgical site infections, which the statistics were taken from 10 procedures that were analyzed throughout previous reports. The report states that there was a “13 percent decrease in hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia (bloodstream infections) between 2011 and 2014” (“Healthcare-associated Infections,” 2016). We can assume that these decreases are due to better anti-septic techniques, both by nurses and surgeons. Although there was a change in these statistics, there are instances where statistics remain the same. They observed no change