The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that “on any given day, about one in 25 hospital patients has at least one health care-associated infection.” (https://www.cdc.gov/hai/surveillance/index.html)
That might be the only introduction necessary for this discussion, really. We’ve been covering the topic for a few years now in our pages, thanks largely to columnist Howard McKew and more recently courtesy of Dr. Stephanie Taylor. As they would tell you, there’s still a long way to go.