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All dressed up and ready to go: attired in AAMI guidelines to make infection a rare occasion.(INFECTION PROTECTION)

Hospitals are recognizing the cost of infection like never before. Starting in October, Medicare's Pay-for-Performance initiative takes effect, with Medicare no longer reimbursing treatment for infections not present or incubating when a patient is admitted. Private health insurers are following suit, refusing reimbursement for treatment of healthcare-associated infections (HAI), the cost of which can be $25,000 to treat a singe case. (1) Increasingly, states are considering legislation mandating public reporting of hospital-acquired infections. The pressure to reduce infection is being felt from the policymakers in Washington, DC, down to the harried healthcare worker who, ...

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