The Problem
Large Hospitals spend millions of dollars each year trying to contain Healthcare-associated Infections (HAI).
Why HAI is Difficult to Contain:
Environment
Pathogens have local lineages unique to each hospital, with resistance acquired from overuse of antibiotics.
People
Hospital staff and physicians are often colonized with these local pathogens and become unwitting transmitters.
Tools
Current diagnostic tools lack resolution to isolate and target local lineages from community lineages.