Consumers Union Documents
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Report: Surgical infection prevention falls short (May 14, 2009)
Consumers Union News Releases
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Report: Surgical infection prevention falls short (May 14, 2009)
Blog Posts
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Lilly’s actions show why we need public disclosure of data (December 21, 2006)
News
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Infections contracted in hospitals can kill, but Alaskans can’t yet see data and compare facilities
How do you choose a hospital? What if you could call up a Web site and compare one hospital against the others based on how many infections have been acquired there? That’s not possible in Alaska. But it could be soon.Source: Anchorage Daily News (May 30, 2006)
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Alaska moves to study hospital infections
Alaska lawmakers have established a task force to develop recommendations for hospitals to disclose infection rates.
Source: Statement by Alaska Senator Gary Stevens (May 3, 2006)