Researchers analyzed data for HAIs that occurred between 2015 and 2017 and were reported to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. They examined data for central line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, ventilator-associated events and surgical site infections that were reported at 5,626 acute care hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals and inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
E. coli was associated with 18 percent of HAIs, while S. aureus was associated with 12 percent and Klebsiella 9 percent.
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