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Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths
New Compendium to Combat Hospital-Acquired Infections Will Be the Trial Lawyer's Bible
October 26th, 2008
Suing hospitals for damages just got easier with the Joint Commission's release of the compendium on combating hospital-acquired infections. Dr. Betsy McCaughey, Founder/Chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) say that "it adds to the growing evidence that infections are preventable when hospitals adhere to proven best practices. Hospital infection is the next asbestos, the next major cause of class action lawsuits, and the compendium will be the trial lawyer's bible." Hospitals that fail to adhere to the guidelines in the compendium will be vulnerable to legal action and will end up paying huge damage awards. The compendium...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-10-26)
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