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There is increased media attention on infections in hospitals and nursing homes. 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 the patient’s medical treatment but because an infection developed either during treatment or from some other cause.<\/p>\n

The severity of the infection problem is stunning. The CDC says that hospital infections kill 90,000 people annually, and most of the infections are victims who were infected at the hospital<\/a>.\u00a0 Infections result in an estimated 205,000 additional hospital days for infected patients and $2 billion in hospital charges.<\/p>\n

Of course, hospital infections are just part of the problem. This country has more than 270,000 fatalities every year in this country from sepsis<\/a> alone. These numbers just roll off. But stop and think about it for a second. They are mind-boggling.<\/p>\n

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There is increased media attention on infections in hospitals and nursing homes. 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 the patient’s medical treatment but because an infection developed either during treatment or from some other cause. 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