Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths
April 16th Congressional Hearing on Hospital Infections
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, May 1st, 2008
One of the fastest growing infections is "Mersa" or MRSA, which stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a superbug that doesn't respond to most antibiotics. In 1993, there were fewer than 2,000 MRSA infections in U.S. hospitals. By 2005, the figure had shot up to 368,000 according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. By...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2008-05-01)
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