Only 13% of hospital-onset sepsis meets HAI reporting criteria: Study

Only 13% of hospital-onset sepsis cases met current U.S. criteria for reportable healthcare-associated infections, but an expanded surveillance system could catch many of these potentially preventable events, a recent study found. The study, published Sept. 17 in JAMA Network Open, analyzed 558,037 admissions of adults 18 and older at nine Mass General Brigham acute care […] The post Only 13% of hospital-onset sepsis meets HAI reporting criteria: Study appeared first on Becker's Hosp...