Becker's Healthcare May 4, 2023
Some states saw “alarming” and “dangerous” increases in three specific healthcare-acquired infections, according to Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. The organization’s spring 2023 Safety Grades report was released May 3.
While the rates of infection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, central line-associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections surged to a five-year high across the board, Ms. Binder told Becker’s, the “dramatic” triple-digit percentage increases of these three infections in many states “alarmed” her team.
“We had some early evidence that infection rates were going up during the pandemic,” Ms. Binder said. “But we were surprised at the extent of the increase, at how dramatically these rates went up. We’ve never seen increases like these.”
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