The Spanish request is to invest more resources in the prevention of health care associated infection.

-Seven out of every ten Spaniards believe that the Government should devote more resources to eliminate infections associated with health care, also known as hospital infections or nosocomial, according to a new report prepared by MindMetre Research

-the report also revealed that 78% of the Spanish claims that it would require to the hospital in question if you enter into an infection During his admission or treatment

– because studies have shown that investment in a policy of preventive measures (including control of hygiene and the active detection) can significantly reduce the rates of nosocomial infections, investment in them should be a priority as a saving policy, according to concludes the report

London, 2011-December Spain has one of the rates of MRSA infection (Staphylococcus aureus resistant to Methicillin) higher in Europe, and this rate is not falling significantly (1). The cost of hospital infections is a constant which stays every year in our country, and which is a huge and unnecessary burden to the health system. This burden can be reduced substantially, both in terms of health outcomes in terms of costs, by investing in preventive measures. With the double financial threat of treatment costs and the increase in the possibility of litigation by patients, the authors of the report drawn up by MindMetre Research trust that prevention policy will increase in coming years.

José Luis Gómez, Director-General for Spain and Portugal of the company’s medical technology Becton Dickinson (BD), says: “this research MindMetre Research sheds light on the need to reduce the incidence of nosocomial infections in Spain, and lead to the kind of descending trajectory that has occurred in other countries.

“”There is sufficient evidence that comprehensive policies of prevention, including a strict control of hygiene and programmes of active detection of MRSA, can achieve this goal, at the same time posed a net savings in the costs of treatment of MRSA infections”.

During the last 15 years, nosocomial infections have been the Fifth cause of claim both in frequency and in economic strength. Would if we did an average of the amounts that have been reserved for these adverse events be talking about two million euros each year in anticipation of payment sentences for this cause ”, adds Carlos Fernández Herreruela, Medical Director risk consulting and management of insurance Aon Risk Solutionsproviding another decisive argument.

In order to improve the knowledge of the population about hospital infections, it is necessary to use various channels of communication can create maximum impact on public opinion. MindMetre Research report has identified and assessed the capacity of main channels to influence the public with regard to hospital infections, for example: GPS (68%), statements of celebrities (51%), social (31%) or networks religious institutions (23%).

The MindMetre research company conducted the study and the technological company medical BD, which supported the survey through a scholarship, helped MindMetre to identify the relevant areas of research and provided specialized medical sesoramiento and contacts.