Risk Management: Keeping Diseases Out of Healthcare Facilities
Thom Wellington
When healthcare facilities’ staff and vendor employees are aware of infection problems and take specific steps to prevent them, healthcare-acquired infection rates can decrease by more than 70 percent.
One in 25 hospital patients contracts a potentially fatal infection during the course of their hospital care. This life-threatening epidemic demonstrates the need for improved infection control in healthcare facilities. According to the American Hospital Association, there are more than 5,700 registered hospitals in the United States, and one-third of those are expected to close by 2020, partly due to a greater transparency of hospital performance.
