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Our health system is very weak and prohibitively expensive. We have an overabundance of attorneys, who are opposed to tort reform and as a result, doctors are shutting down and leaving the State.
A medical error cost the lives of both of my parents, and no one was held responsible. We need legislation to force hospitals clean up their act and report infection rates to the public.
More than 290,000 surgical site infections occur in U.S. hospitals each year. Patients who acquire infections from surgery spend, on average, an additional 6.5 days in the hospital, are five times more likely to be readmitted after discharge, and twice as likely to die.
Surgery patients are at risk for infection because surgical incisions create a pathway for germs to enter the body. Maintaining a sterile environment in the operating room is therefore critical to protect patients from being contaminated with bacteria, which can lead to infection.
How well is your hospital, state and the nation as a whole are performing on three key practices that help prevent infections during surgery? Find out here »
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