Jonathan Sackier, MD, a Visiting Professor of Surgery at the University of Virginia, discusses the complicated issue of calculating the cost of catheter related blood stream infections. (CRBSI).
Treatment of the infection, increased length of stay in the hospital, diminished bed utilization, and other factors directly and indirectly add to the cost of the CRBSI.
A staggering amount of money can be saved by preventing CRBSI.
