For years, we’ve known about the cesspool of germs, diseases,and bacteria that line hospital halls, but two new reports areshedding more light on the dirty truth.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued aprogress report on infections contracted during hospitalstays. Efforts have been in action by agencies such asthe Health and Human Services Department and the Centers forMedicare and Medicaid Services to decrease hospital-acquiredinfections, but the CDC findings show that more still needs to bedone for patient safety.
The study shows a 50 percent decrease in central line-associatedbloodstream infections between 2008 and 2014, but there was only an11 percent drop in catheter-associated urinary tract infectionsbetween 2009 and 2013.
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