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The Impact of Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infections

Richard P. Wenzel and Michael B. Edmond
Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Figure 2. Estimated number of deaths caused by nosocomial bloodstream infections in the United States each year. Attributable mortality rates are 10% to 30% on the X axis, and the three curves assume overall nosocomial bloodstream infection rates of 2½%, 5%, or 10%.

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Figure 2. Estimated number of deaths caused by nosocomial infections in the United States each year. Attributable mortality rates are 10% to 30% on the X axis, and the three curves assume overall nosocomial infection rates of 2½%, 5%, or 10%.
 


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