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Infections have been a problem in hospitals since the first hospital opened in the Middle Ages. Today, medical mistake claims often arise not directly from a patient’s medical treatment, but because an infection developed during treatment or from another cause.<\/p>\n

The severity of the infection problem is stunning. The CDC reports<\/a> that on any given day, about 1 in 38 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection. The good news is that the number is moving in the right direction. It was about 1 in 31 hospital patients 11 years ago in 2015.<\/p>\n

Of course, hospital infections are just part of the problem. This country has about 1.7 million cases of sepsis in adults every year. At least 350,000 of those adults die during hospitalization or are discharged to hospice. These numbers just roll off. But stop and think about it for a second. They are mind-boggling.<\/p>\n

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Infections have been a problem in hospitals since the first hospital opened in the Middle Ages. Today, medical mistake claims often arise not directly from a patient’s medical treatment, but because an infection developed during treatment or from another cause. The severity of the infection problem is stunning. 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