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Italy: share of healthcare-associated infections 2016, by ward
This statistic depicts the share of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) contracted in Italian hospitals in 2016, by ward. According to the figure, patients in intensive therapy wards were the most likely to acquire a healthcare-associated infections: in fact, roughly 23 percent of all HAIs were contracted in these units.