SARS was essentially a hospital-acquired infection.    From Wordnik.com.  [so much for pandemic: h1n1 flu already declining in mexico] Reference

Several hospital-acquired infections are also on the list.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hospitals will have to pay for their mistakes] Reference

The study also finds that hospital-acquired infections grew.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics, Science, Law] Reference

An additional 90,000 are killed by hospital-acquired infections.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush Is Buying the Insurance Companies' Propaganda] Reference

Take another example: invasive hospital-acquired MRSA infections.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hospitals' focus on patient safety hasn't eliminated preventable deaths] Reference

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most serious hospital-acquired pathogens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Research Could Lead To New Non-antibiotic Drugs To Counter Hospital Infections | Impact Lab] Reference

This means that nosocomial hospital-acquired infections had been occuring for years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Libya vs. Evolutionary Science: Will the Tripoli Six be sentenced to death by firing squad? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Willie died from a combination of medical errors and a hospital-acquired MRSA infection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mothers against Medical Error: The Fight to Save Quality Patient Care] Reference

Unnecessary hospitalizations lead to hospital-acquired infections and medication mix-ups.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maggie Mahar: On Healthcare Reform Stimulating the Economy: The Massachusetts Example] Reference

Recovery from hospital-acquired pneumonia usually depends on the patient's overall health.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some Hospital Infection Rates Rise] Reference

This deadly and costly hospital-acquired infection can be eliminated if hospitals make it a priority.    From Wordnik.com.  [To find the best hospitals, data needs to be publicly available] Reference

Because of this, the association says, there is a rise in the number of hospital-acquired infections.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It is also an increasingly common cause of pneumonia, now accounting for 7% of hospital-acquired cases.    From Wordnik.com.  [© CMSP Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus...] Reference

Actress Leslie Ash has won a record £5m compensation payout after contracting a hospital-acquired infection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference

Every year 100,000 people die in hospitals because of preventable complications or hospital-acquired infections.    From Wordnik.com.  [America's Least Deadly Hospitals] Reference

As one coughs to death with a hospital-acquired infection please let us not have grievous insult added to injury.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the...] Reference

The FDA says it needs more information from J&J before it can approve Doribax to treat hospital-acquired pneumonia.    From Wordnik.com.  [FDA Rejects Advisers,] Reference

Gordon Brown told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show that tackling hospital-acquired infections was an "absolute priority".    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference

The following year, it will add to the list hospital-acquired blood infections and pneumonia acquired on a ventilator.    From Wordnik.com.  [Curbing Antibiotic Use] Reference

Posters in the background display pictures of those lost to medical errors, poor care and hospital-acquired infections.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mothers against Medical Error: The Fight to Save Quality Patient Care] Reference

The company plans to develop it to treat a number of illnesses, including several types of hospital-acquired infections.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trius Closes Flat After Cutting IPO Price] Reference

About 1.7 million patients in the U.S. become seriously ill with hospital-acquired infections each year, and 99,000 die.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wash up, Doc!] Reference

Also, many states now require hospitals to publicly report certain adverse events, such as hospital-acquired infections.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hospitals' focus on patient safety hasn't eliminated preventable deaths] Reference

Candidemia, the infection Eraxis treats, is one of the most deadly hospital-acquired infections, with a mortality rate of 40%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pfizer's Anti-Fungal Treatment Approved] Reference

Recent evidence suggests hospital-acquired MRSA cases may be declining while community-acquired cases are becoming more common.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surge Seen in Children Hospitalized With MRSA] Reference

By one estimate, annual deaths from hospital-acquired infections have increased from 13,000 in the early 1990s to about 92,000 now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Get Well Safely] Reference

We'll provide the public with information about preventable medical errors, nurse-to-patient ratios, and hospital-acquired infections.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cutting Costs and Covering America: A 21st Century Health Care System] Reference

“The hospital cannot bill the beneficiary for any charges associated with the hospital-acquired complication,” the final rules say.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Step in the Right Direction | Impact Lab] Reference

The hospitals have reduced waste and cost by almost 50 percent, eliminated hospital-acquired infections and reduced medication and medical errors and more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caryl Rivers: East of Eden: Why Health Care Got Hijacked] Reference

His recommendation came shortly after the FDA approved Cepheid's Xpert MRSA, a rapid test for hospital-acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medical Equipment & Supplies] Reference

A nasal swab taken on admission tested positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a leading cause of deadly hospital-acquired infections.    From Wordnik.com.  [Progress against hospital infections] Reference

A recent Consumer Reports investigation of hospital-acquired infections found a significant variation in the rate of certain bloodstream infections among hospitals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hospital safety: 6 steps forward, 8 steps back] Reference

His surgery went smoothly, but he was given improper pain medication and developed a perforated ulcer, a hospital-acquired infection, and began to bleed internally.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama’s health forum includes 5 who told us their stories] Reference

According to the CDC, 1.7 million people who check into hospitals get sicker and stay longer, these hospital-acquired infections an accepted cost of doing business.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2009] Reference

Hospital Errors: Bed sores, falls, hospital-acquired infections and failure to aid patients in distress make up the bulk of avoidable errors that occur in hospitals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Patient Protection] Reference

(Community and hospital-acquired MRSA were responsible for 94,000 life-threatening infections and 18,650 deaths in 2005, according to the Centers for Disease Control).    From Wordnik.com.  [A New ‘Gay Disease’?] Reference

Our non-profit publisher, Consumers Union, has long supported public reporting of hospital-acquired infections so patients can know whether their hospital makes safety a priority.    From Wordnik.com.  [The CDC wants your hospital to come clean on infections] Reference