Here are five observations:
1. The CDC predicted “619,000 cases of hospital-acquired infections could be eliminated in the next five years.”
2. Hospital-acquired infections, like Clostridium difficile, have increased, and the CDC recommends that medical centers communicate better to see where these patients should be transferred to avoid further infection.
3. More than a half million people contract C. difficile, including not-at-risk younger patients.
4. When medical centers overdose antibiotics, patients become immune to those antibiotics.
5. The CDC believes that communication between medical centers is the key to eliminating these hospital-acquired infections. When patients are transferred, the new medical centers needs to be aware of the patient’s antibiotic history.
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