Table 1. Cost of health care acquired conditions.

Health care acquired condition	Direct attributable cost
Acute kidney injury	$10,000–15,000 (1,2)
Adverse drug event	$5,000 (3)
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection	$1,000–7,200 (3-5)
Central line-associated bloodstream infection	$55,000 (6)
Clostridium difficile colitis	$34,000–93,000 (7,8)
Fall with injury	$13,000 (9)
Peripheral iv infiltrate & extravasation	$2,000 (10)
Pressure injuries	$19,740–43,000 (3,4)
Readmissions	$9,540–11,000 (3,11)
Sepsis	$65,000 (12)
Serious safety events	$440,000 (9)
Surgical site infection	$27,000 (13)
Unplanned extubation	$101,000 (14)
Venous thromboembolism	$8,000–27,686 (3,4)
Ventilator-associated pneumonia	$51,000 (15)