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Reports from Mexican ICUs estimated the overall average cost of a HAIs episode at $12,155 with an excess cost of $11,591 per case of CR-BSI (1). In several ICUs in Argentina, the overall extra cost estimates for CR-BSI and healthcare-associated pneumonia averaged $4,888 and $2,255 per case, respectively (1).
Of the top 5 HAIs, surgical site infections contributed the most to overall costs (33.7%), followed by ventilator-associated pneumonia (31.6%), central lineâassociated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs; 18.9%), Clostridium difficile infections (15.4%), and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs; <1%).