Hospital-acquired infections are one of healthcare’s biggest burdens. They sicken -- and sometimes kill -- hundreds of thousands of patients in the U.S. every year. Those grim statistics aside, they can take a grievous toll on a hospital’s bottom line, as treatment and prolonged inpatient stays can cost an individual institution thousands of dollars per afflicted patient. However, as individual hospitals and healthcare systems embark on new initiatives to curb their infection rates, new strategies for success are being discovered every day.