Preventing Infections Make Hospitals More Profitable
The average ADDITIONAL hospital cost of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI’s) is approximately $15,000 per patient with an estimated 2 million HAI’s each year totaling over $30.5 BILLION LOST.
- Patients with Hospital Acquired Staphylococcus incur more than triple the average hospital cost of other patients.
- Hospital Acquired Urinary tract infections increase patients’ cost between 35%-47%.
- Post surgical wound infections increase patients’ cost between 101% – 119%.
- Medicare/Medicaid will no longer reimburse HAI cases resulting in 100% loss of revenue.
- One of the most simple, easy and cost-effective Solutions available to confront HAI’s is the Basin Glove, a disposable wash basin liner.
Making your Health Care Facility
safe from Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI’s) is a critical priority.
| Pathogen | Positive Basin | Positive Hospitals | |
| Research #1 | (1103 basins sampled) | (88 Hospitals Participating) | |
A total of 1,103 basins were sampled from 88 different hospitals in 27 US states and 4 Canadian provinces looking for only select pathogens commonly associated with hospital acquired infections from bath basins. As shown in Table 1, 686 basins (62.2%) were contaminated with 1 or more study pathogens. Every hospital in the study tested positive with pathogens regardless of geographic location. Contaminated basins were found in ICU's, medical-surgical wards, and regular non-ICU wards. |
Any Growth | 686 (62.2%) | 88 (100%) |
| Gram-Negative Bacilli | 495 (44.9%) | 86 (97.7%) | |
| Methicillin-Susceptible s. aureus | 4 (0.4%) | 4 (4.5%) | |
| MRSA | 36 (3.3%) | 28 (31.8%) | |
| Vancomycin-Susceptible Enterococci | 29 (2.7%) | 14 (15.9%) | |
| VRE | 385 (34.9%) | 80 (90.9%) | |
| Pathogen | Positive Basin | ||
| Research #2 | (92 basins sampled) | ||
Three Acute Care Hospitals obtained sterile culture sponges from 92 hospital wash basins with some form of bacteria growing in 98% of the samples. The organisms with the highest positive rates of growth were Enterococci (54%) and gram-negative organisms (32%). This research looked for a broader band of pathogens as shown in Table 2. Clinical infections caused by Enterococcus include urinary tract infections, bacteremia, bacterial endocarditis, diverticulitis and meningitis. Gram-negative organisms are extremely drug-resistant and they are increasingly cropping up in hospitals and they are nearly impossible to treat. The CDC have identified 13 major site categories and 48 specific sites or types of infections for which criteria have been developed for Hospital Acquired Infections, beginning with the most frequently occurring sites of infections in hospitalized patients (urinary tract, surgical site, pneumonia and primary bloodstream infections), then progressing to other sites. |
Any Growth | 90 (98%) | |
| Gram-Negative Organisms | 29 (32%) | ||
| Escherichia coli | 2 (2%) | ||
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 5 (5%) | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 21 (23%) | ||
| Methicillin-resistent s. aureus | 7 (8%) | ||
| Enterococci | 50 (54%) | ||
| Vancomycin-resistent enterococci | 12 (13%) | ||
| Candida albicans | 3 (3%) | ||
