Hospitals Struggle To Beat Back Serious Infections

KHN reporter Jordan Rau spoke on NPR about data that say about 75,000 patients per year die from infections they got in the hospital. Nearly 700 hospitals around the U.S. have higher than expected infection rates.

Listen below to the interview:

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<h1>Hospitals Struggle To Beat Back Serious Infections</h1>
<div>	<span class="byline">Jordan Rau, KFF Health News</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2014-10-22T13:34:28-04:00">
			October 22, 2014		</time>
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<p>KHN reporter Jordan Rau spoke on NPR about data that say <a href="http://kffhealthnews.org/news/hospitals-struggles-to-beat-back-familiar-infections-began-before-ebola-arrived/">about 75,000 patients per year die from infections</a> they got in the hospital. Nearly 700 hospitals around the U.S. have higher than expected infection rates.</p><p>Listen below to the interview:</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/hospitals-struggle-to-beat-back-serious-infections/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/hospitals-struggle-to-beat-back-serious-infections/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/hospitals-struggle-to-beat-back-serious-infections/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Hospitals%20Struggle%20To%20Beat%20Back%20Serious%20Infections&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Fhospitals-struggle-to-beat-back-serious-infections%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/hospitals-struggle-to-beat-back-serious-infections/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/hospitals-struggle-to-beat-back-serious-infections/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/hospitals-struggle-to-beat-back-serious-infections/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=499748&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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