Hospital Acquired Infections are unfortunately a common complication of hospital care. Despite recent progress in healthcare, infections continue to affect patient safety as well as hospital staff. Below is a collection of shocking statistics to showcase the dangers associated with poor hospital hygiene

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At any given time, about 1 in every 20
inpatients has an infection related to hospital
care.
Hospital Acquired Infections kill more people
than breast cancer, AIDS, and automobile
accidents combined.
It is well established that the hands of HCWs are
the principal cause of transmission of infection
from patient to patient.
According to a study done by JAMA Internal
Medicine in 2012, an estimated $9.8 billion is
spent annually in order to treat the five most
common infections picked up in the hospital.
This death rate from nosocomial infections
equals a 9/11 every eleven days.

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One study showed that when a nurse walks into a
room occupied by a patient with MRSA and has no
patient contact, but touches objects in the room, the
nurse's gloves are contaminated 42 percent of the
time when leaving the room.
In 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
estimated that 72 percent of physicians use
smartphones. Nurses aren't far behind, with 71
percent using smartphones on the job.
In the US, approximately 18,650 persons die
during a hospital stay related to serious MRSA
infections annually.
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.
There has been a 20 percent decrease in
infections related to the 10 surgical procedures
tracked in the CDC Progress Report between
2008 and 2012.
Sources:
1. http://www.cleanhospitals.net/page/page/6855898.htm
2. https://www.sharklet.com/wp-content/themes/sharklet/pdfs/Fact-Sheet-HAIs.pdf
3. http://hygreen.com/HandHygiene/HandHygieneandHAIs.asp
4. http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/3797/20130903/hospital-acquired-infections-cost-nearly-10-billion-annually-
study.htm
5. http://www.importantlittlefacts.com/noso1
6. http://www.hospitalinfection.org/mrsascreening.shtml
7. http://www.fiercemobilehealthcare.com/story/nurses-using-smartphones-at-work/2012-07-07
8. http://hospitalhygiene.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=18&Itemid=24
9. http://www.cdc.gov/hai/
10. http://www.cdc.gov/hai/pdfs/progress-report/exec-summary-HAIPR.pdf