The hospital is where people go to have their health checked. It is surprising to know that patients, who go to the hospital to keep their health in order, ends up having more than a 1 in 10 chance of picking up infections from the hospital. This ill-health condition, Hospital Acquired Infection(HAI), as it is called, requires extra treatment and a longer stay in the hospital. On average, infection acquired from the hospital take more days and cost more to be treated. For example a single episode of HAI can cost $2,200 per patient and an extra 11 days in the hospital if it is a bloodstream infection. Expecially worrisome are super-bug infections, which are increasingly resistant to a wide range of antibiotics. Those most vulnerable to HAI are the elderly, the very young, those who spend long period in the hospital, and those with underlying chronic conditions or chronic bronchitis.
So when next you want to take a bed in the hospital, remember to put your health into consideration. First make sure the hospital keeps a high level of hygiene, and environment is periodicaly disinfected. Socond you want to consider those you share the same hospital room with, if they have contagious deseases. If the hospital does not maintain a high level of hygine and patient with contagious disease are not isolated, then you should'nt be in such hospital because you will be puting your health in more danger.
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