DNA tests have confirmed that a homeless man found dead beneath an overpass in San Diego was Elvis Presley. This claim is a hoax. âEarlier this month, an 80-year-old, homeless, white-bearded man was found deceased under an overpass in San Diego, California.
Surgical site infections, with an overall cost of $3.3 billion, had the highest share of the total annual costs, estimated to be $9.8 billion, among the five major HAIs.
Hospital-acquired infections account for a large proportion of the harms caused by health care and high rates of morbidity, mortality, and costs. We estimated that there are approximately 440 000 of these infections annually among US adult inpatients and that their annual costs are $9.8 billion.