Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control

November/December 2021 IC_CQ

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75,000 deaths occur annually in US hospitals due to HAIs (It's time to take proven infection prevention further) The Mölnlycke and Hibiclens trademarks, names and logo types are registered globally to one or more of the Mölnlycke Health Care Group of Companies. Distributed by Mölnlycke Health Care US, 5445 Triangle Pkwy, Peachtree Corners GA 30092 © 2021 Mölnlycke Health Care AB. All rights reserved. MHC-2018-37176 For more information on how daily bathing with Hibiclens can help you in your infection prevention strategy visit www.hibiclens.com. Figures released from the CDC make stark reading for Infection Preventionists. An estimated 722,000 healthcare- associated infections occur annually, resulting in 75,000 deaths and billions in additional costs. 1 More than half of these occurred outside of the intensive care unit. To change these numbers, hospitals are adopting Hibiclens ® for housewide daily patient bathing as an easy, valuable, infection prevention strategy. Reference: 1. Magill SS, Edwards JR, Bamberg W et al. Multistate Point-of-Prevalence Survey of Health Care-Associated Infections. N Engl J Med 2014; 370: 1198-208.

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