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The Healthcare Paradox

The Healthcare Paradox

The HAIs paradox is a major threat to patient safety. Patients are admitted to the hospital to receive medical treatment, get well and recover. Yet, every year in the United States over 2 million people contract a hospital-acquired infection.

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), also known as Hospital-acquired infections and nosocomial infections, are infections that patients can get while receiving medical treatment for another condition in a healthcare facility.