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Hospital-acquired infection and what to do about it.

Publication: HealthFacts
Publication Date: 01-FEB-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Hospital-acquired infection and what to do about it.(Betsy McCaughey of Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths)(Interview)

Article Excerpt
What kills more than five times as many Americans as AIDS? Betsy McCaughey, PhD, chairman and founder of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) wants you to know that it is hospital infections, specifically a bacterium called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA infections are far more difficult to treat than ordinary Staph infections because they are resistant to most types of antibiotics.

Dr. McCaughey, former lieutenant governor of New York State, has made it her mission to get hospitals and especially the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to make prevention a high priority. In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed article, she notes, "These infections are caused largely by unclean hands, inadequately cleaned equipment, and contaminated clothing that allow bacteria to spread from patient to patient. At one time, hospitals routinely tested surfaces...

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