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In six pages this paper examines the increasing problem of nosocomial infections as a major cause of patient death and argues that healthcare systems need to employ certain measures to ensure that these oftentimes needless deaths can be averted. Eight sources are listed in the bibliography.
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of the patients preexisting illness or medical condition, but rather have been contracted resulting from interaction with healthcare personnel or the actual environment itself (Berntsen 18). These infections typically
manifest themselves within two days after facility admission (Nosocomial Infections). Approximately 10 percent of all U.S. hospital patients receive some type of nosocomial infection during their stays, and according
to statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, there are as many as 2 million incidences of nosocomial infections annually, carrying a collective price tag of
anywhere between $3.5 and $4.5 billion (Berntsen 18). In the state of Pennsylvania alone, patients contracting nosocomial infections within a hospital setting paid six times more for their hospitalizations
than those who did not contract such infections (Kanof). According to a study released in 2007, of the 1.69 million patients discharged from 77 hospitals, the additional cost of
treating patients who acquired nosocomial infections was close to $9,000 (Kanof). The cost of such treatment is also high for Medicaid and Medicare. The American Hospital Association stated
that Medicare paid more than a third of such costs in 2007, which affects the benefits of all individuals who receive such social services. However, the greatest cost of
all has been to human life, because nosocomial infections have resulted in patient deaths that could have been prevented had healthcare systems taken this major medical threat more seriously. Doshi,
Gopi, MacKay, and Wallach discovered in their research findings that, "Healthcare-associated infections are a significant source of patient morbidity and mortality" (84). Although most people have never even heard
of them, nosocomial infections represent the fourth leading cause of death in the United States (Bartley and Olmsted 38). Out of the 2 million patients who receive nosocomial infections,
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