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According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 2 million patients in the United States acquire a healthcare-associated infection in the hospital each year, and about 90,000 of these patients die because of their infection. Infections are also a complication of care in other settings including long term care organizations, clinics and dialysis centers. Infection Prevention and Control Issues in the Environment of Care, Second Edition continues to address unique infection control issues for all healthcare settings by helping organizations do the following:
This important resource helps keep your infection preventionist and environment of care professionals connected to areas that could affect your organization's prevention efforts |
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