Friday 26 October 2018

Deadly hospital infections soar eight-fold in a decade

Deadly hospital infections soar eight-fold in a decade People are more than eight times as likely to catch an infection while in hospital as they were 10 years ago, figures show.

The number of in-hospital infections has risen from 5,972 in 2008 to a whopping 48,815 in 2017, according to NHS Digital data.

The current figure breaks down to more than 4,000 infections each month – more than 1,000 every week.

And the figure rose by 20 per cent – more than 8,000 extra infections – last year alone. The Daily Mail

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