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June 9, 2009

10 years but little progress on patient safety

Constant readers, I’ve been away for a week — trying to get my breath back now that the chaos of the novel H1N1/swine flu is diminishing — and so I’ve missed a lot of news. Over this week, I’ll try to catch you up on it. First up: Some of you know that, 10 years ago, [...]

Written by Maryn McKenna

Also posted in health policy, hospitals, mandatory reporting, medical errors, nosocomial

May 6, 2009

World MRSA Day, coming in October

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Folks, MRSA activist Jeanine Thomas, who helms the group MRSA Survivors Network and was substantially responsible for getting Illinois to pass its MRSA reporting legislation, is heading the movement to observe World MRSA Day on Oct. 2, 2009. Jeanine has been tireless in pressing for reform despite her own MRSA injuries. Please consider visiting her site [...]

Written by Maryn McKenna

Also posted in Chicago, MRSA, legislation, testimony

September 26, 2008

Good news from California

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Last night, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an extremely important bill, California SB 1058. The new law, formally called the Medical Facility Infection Control and Prevention Act, requires California hospitals to do MRSA screening on high-risk patients (such as in ICUs, admitted from long-term care facilities, or known to have a previous MRSA [...]

Written by Maryn McKenna

Also posted in California, MRSA, hospitals, infection control, legislation

August 22, 2008

News round-up

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I’m deep into writing again and therefore slipping on posting; apologies to regular readers! But here are some items of importance from the past week: Wednesday (Aug. 20) marked the first anniversary of Illinois‘ signing and immediately enacting the MRSA Screening & Reporting Act, the first state law to mandate that hospitals screen all ICU and [...]

Written by Maryn McKenna

Also posted in California, Illinois, MRSA, colonization, infection control, legislation