SDW news brief: Survey says administrators not willing to spend enough to prevent infections
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, July 16, 2010
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Only three in 10 hospital administrations are willing to spend what's necessary to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections, and fewer than one in five providers think their institutions have sufficient infrastructure to train staff in prevention strategies.
And only one in four strongly believe their facility monitors compliance or holds staff accountable for adhering to best prevention practices.
Those are findings from a survey of more than 2,000 health providers—mostly hospital infection preventionists—released on Monday during the 37th annual meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology in New Orleans.
These infections are an increasing concern, with about 80,000 incidents happening each year in hospitals. Thirty thousand result in death and with average costs of $30,000 per infected patient, the events cost the U.S. healthcare system more than $2 billion annually.
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Source: HealthLeaders Media
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