Hospital Infections: Deadly, Costly, And Potentially Avoidable

By Richard Knox Each year nearly 300,000 U.S. patients get serious cases of pneumonia and sepsis -- bloodstream infections -- during their hospital stays. Almost 50,000 of them die. Pneumonia and sepsis make up a large fraction of hospital-acquired infections Read More...

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Posted Feb 23 2010, 11:28 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
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