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Resources For The Well-Informed Patient ARTICLES ON INFECTION In Hospitals, Simple Reminders Reduce Deadly Infections – ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, NY Times LINK Don't let a hospital kill you. – Elizabeth Cohen, CNN LINK
A special light reveals deadly bacteria. Swabs in Hand, Hospital Cuts Deadly Infections - NY Times - By KEVIN SACK PITTSBURGH — At a veterans’ hospital here, nurses swab the nasal passages of every arriving patient to test them for drug-resistant bacteria. Those found positive are housed in isolation rooms behind red painted lines that warn workers not to approach without wearing gowns and gloves.LINK Nearly 19,000 people died in the United States in 2005 after being infected with a virulent drug-resistant bacterium that has spread rampantly through hospitals and nursing homes, according to the most thorough study to be conducted of the disease’s prevalence. LINK Restaurants and cruise ships are inspected for cleanliness. Food processing plants are tested for bacterial content on cutting boards and equipment. But hospitals, even operating rooms, are exempt. LINK A doctor's prescription: A Newport News doctor who noticed rising MRSA cases among his own patients, finds himself afflicted — perhaps for life. LINK At a veterans’ hospital here, nurses swab the nasal passages of every arriving patient to test them for drug-resistant bacteria. Those found positive are housed in isolation rooms behind red painted lines that warn workers not to approach without wearing gowns and gloves. LINK Deadly superbug is here — why isn't it tracked? Anna DeBord, 1, is back home after spending five nights in a hospital with the superbug. Instead of going to her first birthday party, little Anna DeBord spent the weekend in the hospital with a superbug. LINK OMAHA, Neb. - Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel, thinking the quick-acting goo will kill bacteria on their hands and curb the spread of infection. It turns out that's not enough. LINK Urinary catheter infections account for 40% of all hospital infections, but U.S. hospitals do not have strategies in place to minimize them, according to a University of Michigan study to be released today. LINK
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