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Hospital Acquired Obstetrical Infections Leslie Iffy<p>The December 2, 2015 issue of the “American Medical Association Morning&nbsp; Rounds”&nbsp;&nbsp; reminded&nbsp; me&nbsp; to&nbsp; this&nbsp; old&nbsp; dictum.&nbsp; It&nbsp; announced that as a result of coordinated efforts by several national health care agencies, the rate of hospital acquired conditions diminished by 17% during the years of 2010 - 2014. With the exception of side effects of drugs, the “hospital acquired conditions” were invariably infections: “Urinary&nbsp;&nbsp; tract&nbsp;&nbsp; infection,&nbsp;&nbsp; central&nbsp;&nbsp; line&nbsp;&nbsp; associated&nbsp;&nbsp; blood&nbsp;&nbsp; stream infection, pressure ulcer and surgical site infection”. It was calculated that&nbsp; this&nbsp; endeavor&nbsp; saved&nbsp; 87,000&nbsp; lives&nbsp; and&nbsp; $&nbsp; 20&nbsp; billion&nbsp; in&nbsp; healthcare costs. My calculation is slightly different. In my mind this ambitious project failed to prevent almost 400,000 lives and allowed $100 billion taxpayers’&nbsp; money&nbsp; to&nbsp; be&nbsp; wasted.&nbsp; The&nbsp; pamphlet&nbsp; cites&nbsp; the&nbsp; comment&nbsp; of Dr. Richard Kromik, director of one the participating organizations. It seems to reveal that deep down in their souls the investigators felt&nbsp; that something was missing from their announcement:&nbsp; “We are still trying to understand all the factors involved.”</p> Journal of Gynecological Research and Obstetrics - Peertechz Publications 2015-12-28 Review Article https://doi.org/10.17352/jgro.000005 en Copyright © Leslie Iffy et al.