2015 to 2023 saw decline in health-care-associated infections in the U.S.
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that health-care-associated infections in U.S. hospitals declined between 2015 and 2023. Researchers attribute this progress to improved patient safety protocols and public health initiatives.
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The reduction in hospital-acquired infections represents a significant improvement in patient outcomes and healthcare quality standards.
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Add as preferred source The prevalence of health care-associated infections was lower in 2023 than in 2015 in the United States, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine .
Nora Chea, M.D., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and colleagues identified health care-associated infections in hospitals on a survey day between May 1 and Sept. 30, 2023, to examine changes in the prevalence of these infections since 2015.
The researchers found that in 2023, 355 of 13,653 patients from 218 hospitals had at least one health care-associated infection, compared with 394 of 12,299 patients in 199 hospitals in 2015 (2.6% versus 3.2%).
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