Patients undergoing major cancer surgery had increased rates of healthcare-associated infections but decreased mortality rates from 1999 to 2009, according to a study in Cancer.
Researchers used data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample between 1999 and 2009 to study HAI and in-hospital mortality rates of patients undergoing one of eight major cancer surgery procedures.
Click here to read the full story on cancer patients' HAI rates in Becker's Hospital Review.
Researchers used data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample between 1999 and 2009 to study HAI and in-hospital mortality rates of patients undergoing one of eight major cancer surgery procedures.
Click here to read the full story on cancer patients' HAI rates in Becker's Hospital Review.
