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CDC Finds Surveillance Data Lowers Nosocomial Rates.

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| September 01, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2003 A Thomson Healthcare Company. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

ONCE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS UNDERSTAND the significance of nosocomial infections, they will alter their care giving practices to bring reductions, according to a recent evaluation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance system (NNIS).

But even though improving caregiver practices clearly improves patient care, it will hardly solve the problem. The best current estimates are that only about a third of nosocomial infections are preventable. Overall, nosocomials cause 44,000-98,000 deaths and cost $17-29 billion per year when calculated with other medical errors.

To lower these figures, the CDC…

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