Trieste Prima - Protection rights points: "warnings data on hospital infections in italy. 22 thousand deaths in three years" 28 August 2012
According to data from Federanziani the number of hospital infections in Italy is estimated between 5 and 8% of admissions; each year there are approximately 450-700 million infections (especially urinary infections, followed by surgical wound infections, pneumonia and sepsis) and in 1% of cases it is estimated that they are the direct cause of death of the patient. [...]