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based on the SENIC project and is still frequently sited. Urinary tract infections were associated with one extra day in this study. The recent study shows urinary tract infections were associated with two to three days of extra hospital stay because increases in patient acuity and increases in the percentage of immunocompromised patients. Source: Martone WJ, Jarvis WR, Culver DH, Haley RW. Incidence and nature of endemic and epidemic hospital infections. In: Bennet JV, Brachman PS (eds). Hospital Infections. 3rd edition Boston: Little Brown, 1992, pp.577-596. |