b'HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS (HAIS) T HE CDCREPORTS OVER 2MILLION HAI S IN U.SANNUALLY 44,500DEATHS FROM C.DIFFICILE INFECTION (CDI) APRIOR ROOM OCCUPANT WITH CDIINCREASES RISK FORNEXT PATIENT BY ALMOST 200% * D IRECT HOSPITAL COST OF HAI: $35-45BILLION .**ANNUALLY N UMEROUS STUDIES REPORT THAT HAI S ARE U NNECESSARYAND P REVENTABLE .***S HAUGHNESSYETAL . E VALUATIONOF H OSPITAL R OOM A SSIGNMENTAND A CQUISITIONOF C LOSTRIDIUMDIFFICILE .I NFECTION C ONTROL & H OSPITAL E PIDEMIOLOGY , M ARCH 2011, V OL 32., N O 3.**E CONOMICBURDENOFHEALTHCARE - ASSOCIATEDINFECTIONS :AN A MERICANPERSPECTIVE . P. S TONEDOI : 10.1586/ ERP .09.53SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS (SSI) 300,000 SSIHAPPEN ANNUALLY IN USLEAD TO ATANDLEAST 8,000DEATHS . 1 SSIRATE PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY AT LEAST 14% OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS . 2 C OST TO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM : $3.5-10B. 3ANNUALLY1.DOI :10.1086/673975 2.\x18K//\x12\x1c 3. HTTPS :// WWW . ELOQUESTHEALTHCARE . COM /2018/07/11/ FINANCIAL - IMPACT - OF - SURGICAL - SITE - INFECTIONS - SSIS /Altapure 9'