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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are mostly preventable but thousands of Americans die every year from them and many more suffer needlessly because hospitals fail to protect patients from being exposed to these dangerous superbugs.

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  • Kevin Kavanagh and Daniel Saman | Hospital infections are underreported
    Source: Courier-Journal (Tuesday January 31, 2012)

    Op-ed co-published by Dr. Kevin T. Kavanagh, founder of Health Watch USA. “A functioning public reporting system is desperately needed, as Kentucky’s current reporting system is broken,” wrote Kavanagh.

  • Video: Toxic Megacolon Superbug
    Source: YouTube (Tuesday February 8, 2011)

    Video on MRSA and C. diff superbugs found in U.S. retail meat posted by NutritionFacts.org

  • Maine's New Laws to Kick in Jan. 1
    Source: Maine Public Broadcasting Network (Thursday December 29, 2011)

    Starting Jan. 1, hospitals must submit data on Clostridium difficile, or C. Diff., on a monthly basis to federal and state public health officials. A database with MRSA and C. Diff rates will be readily accessible to the public as early as the spring, reports the Maine Hospital Association.

  • Hospital privacy curtains laden with germs
    Source: Reuters (Thursday September 22, 2011)

    Two-thirds of hospital privacy curtains tested positive for potentially deadly bacteria (including MRSA), a University of Iowa study shows.

  • Survivor of hospital-acquired infection sounds a call for reform
    Source: San Jose Mercury News (Wednesday August 31, 2011)

    Hospital infection survivor and “numerator,” Kerry O’Connell describes the emotional and physical impact of hospital infection on patients and calls for more empathy and honesty from our health care providers.

  • Public, patients have right to know hospitals' infection rates
    Source: Kentucky.com (Monday July 11, 2011)

    Op-ed by Daniel M. Saman and Kevin T. Kavanagh, MD. “Although we’re a nation of statistics gatherers, there is one glaring omission in this endless list of measurements: how safe our health care facilities are.”

  • Kathy Day of Maine

    Her father’s ordeal after a minor injury convinced her that “consumers and patients cannot completely rely on our hospitals to protect us and our safety.”

  • Illinois is poised to reveal staph infections as killers
    Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Thursday June 30, 2011)

    Death certificates in IL will say whether the patient died of MRSA or other infections that are resistant to multiple drugs if they contributed to or caused a death.

  • Illinois Appellate Court Ruling Means Hospitals Must Release Data about Incidents of MRSA Infections
    Source: dBusiness News (Wednesday June 29, 2011)

    A recent Illinois Appellate Court opinion, which reversed the decision of a lower court, will make it easier for all hospital patients who acquire methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureas (MRSA) to obtain medical records for the purpose of pursuing legal action.

  • Health council says major heart surgery safer in Pennsylvania
    Source: Patriot News (Thursday May 19, 2011)

    The Pennsylvania Cost Containment Council has released a report on heart surgeries. The report includes number of deaths, infections, readmissions and other complications. It can be found at www.phc4.org.

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