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CDC releases hospital infection rate statistics
Infection Control Monitor, January 28, 2005
Recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a number of trends in hospital infection rates, including an increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus incidents.
The CDC's National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) system also reports a drop in device-associated urinary and bloodstream infections in intensive care units from January 1992 to June 2004 compared to previous NNIS data. In addition, cases of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci also saw a decline.
To read the NNIS report, http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/NNIS/2004NNISreport.pdf click here.
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