In a rare form of self-flagellation, the state Department of
Public Health is tearing apart its own work that took more than a
year and millions of dollars to complete.
California health officials comply with a new state law that
requires the reporting of infections contracted in hospitals, but
they warn the public against putting any stock in them.
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If healthcare workers take five steps as easy as washing their
hands and wearing sterile gloves and gowns, they can virtually
eliminate one of the most lethal infections among their sickest
patients.
California has been slow to mandate reporting of
hospital-acquired infections. But a new reporting law, spurred by a
mother who lost her son to an infection, could lead to significant
improvements.
The California Department of Public Health is required to report
data from acute-care hospitals on four hospital-acquired
infections.
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