From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosocomial_infection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosocomial_infection "In the United States, the Centers for Dise

From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosocomial_infection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosocomial_infection "In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that roughly 1.7 million hospital-associated infections, from all types of microorganisms, including bacteria, combined, cause or contribute to 99,000 deaths each year"