TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Infections in the Community and Healthcare, Control of Infections in Institutions: Healthcare-Associated Infections
A1  - Ostrowsky, Belinda
A1  - Perz, Joseph
A2  - Boulton, Matthew L.
A2  - Wallace, Robert B.
PY  - 2022
T2  - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
AB  - Healthcare-Associated  Infections  (HAIs)  are  a  major  but  preventable  patient  safety  threat.  Based  on  2002  data,  HAIs  were  estimated  to  affect  approximately  1.7  million  persons  and  contribute  to  approximately  99,000  deaths  annually  in  the  United  States.1–3  The  annual  economic  burden  of  these  infections  in  the  United  States  was  estimated  at  $6.7  billion  per  year,  in  2002  dollars.2  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/24
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182667766
ER  -