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.
An estimated 290,000 surgical-site infections occur each year in U.S. hospitals, and Rothâs is an example of the agony they can cause. A few days after his surgery Roth was in so much pain he had to return to the hospital.nly 544 of the hospitals in our Ratings have data for surgical-site infections, from 14 states that require their public reporting. Of those hospitals, 82 reported zero such infections. Infections linked to central-line catheters may be even more worrisome. They kill up to 16,250 patients a year, research suggests.