Health official: Hospital-acquired infections' reporting rate significantly up, likely to reach EU average in 2 - 3 years

Speaking on Thursday in Ploiesti about reporting hospital-acquired infections, Secretary of State with the Health Ministry, Dr. Alexandru Rogobete, said that the reporting rate has increased significantly in the last two years from 0.1% to 3.2%, and voiced his conviction that in two or three years it will probably reach the EU average, CE Report quotes Agerpres

"Let me tell you where we started from, where we are now and what has changed in the meantime. In January 2022, when I took office, the nationwide reporting rate was 0.1%. This is the reality. Today, as we speak, it is 3.2%. The average across the European Union is 6%. However, in 2 years we advanced from 0.1% to 3.2% and are on a steady upward trend," the official told a press conference.

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