As a result, in the last two decades the rate of hospital-acquired infection has risen 36 percent.
Pneumonia is the most common hospital-acquired infection that causes death.
I also welcome the Commission's commitment to a communication on hospital-acquired infections.
One is an effort to reduce hospital-acquired infections, estimated to cost billions of dollars every year.
More than 19,000 people die each year in the United States because of hospital-acquired infections.
Hospital-acquired infections account for $30.5 billion in excess healthcare costs each year.
And hospital-acquired infection is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.
In addition, hospital-acquired infections by C. albicans have become a cause of major health concerns.
In recent years, C. difficile, has emerged as one of the world's most common hospital-acquired infections.
Deaths from hospital-acquired infections are rarely reported as such.