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Each day, 250 Americans die as a result of such infections ( 8000 deaths/year estimated in Canada), and cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or taking immunosuppressive drugs are especially susceptible to HAIs. Even when not fatal, these infections complicate the management of conditions that are already difficult to treat and can extend a person's hospital stay.»
This article,  published by Nursing News.com, updates information on the different approaches used in the fight against hospital acquired-infections in the States.
«The solution to HAIs will most likely not be found in any one approach, but rather through a network of strategies and tactics. Codification of a system that can be implemented in hospital around the country is also necessary.»

USA, june 2009- The FDA has approved a new assay which utilizes the GeneXpert platform and detects Toxin B DNA in less then an hour. The test is very sensitive and specific, and allows precise use of appropriate anti-C. diff. antibiotics early in care.

Friday, October 2nd, was World MRSA Day. MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is nasty business. MRSA is prevalent in most healthcare facilities and patients are colonized and infected with MRSA due to lapses in infection control. It is considered by the CDC (Center for Control Diseases in Atlanta) as the most important cause of hospital-acquired infections in the States.

There is a growing movement that no longer accepts hospital-acquired infections as inevitable complications of health care. The most recent figures available from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council saw the annual rate for all infections drop 8 percent.