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Should Hospitals Disclose Superbug Outbreaks?
MRSA, E. coli, pneumonia, and now Candida auris… with a growing list of superbugs, should hospitals let people know about outbreaks before they become patients? People who’ve caught an
MRSA, E. coli, pneumonia, and now Candida auris… with a growing list of superbugs, should hospitals let people know about outbreaks before they become patients? People who’ve caught an
Last year, specialists declared the turning point (for the worse) in our battle against antibiotic resistant bacteria. It was predicted 5 years before that, but preventative changes were too
Last year was a banner year for antibiotic resistance; it was right at the early mark for what superbug experts predicted, and tests revealed widespread bacteria carrying some pretty
2017 was predicted to be the year that antibiotic resistance really took a turn for the worse… and they were mostly right. A strain of E. coli was found
Hospitals are a health risk all by themselves, just being a patient carries a about a 10% risk of infection, and about .5% risk of death. That’s independent of
People talk about superbugs all the time, but for most people, it’s a distant risk. “It’ll never touch me”. But here’s the thing: antibiotic resistance is right on schedule
Even if you’re an optimist, you’ll probably be upset to learn that only an estimated 50% of your hospital room is cleaned. It’s not just soft surfaces that are
With a rise in superbugs (and hospital acquired infections) predicted, the CDC and FDA have new guidelines to curb their spread…sort of. Superbugs, or antibiotic resistant bacteria, are a
It’s been a rough flu season. This year’s flu shot barely took the edge off it, and travel really succeeded at spreading it around. The good news is that
In Washington, 32 people have been identified as having received a MRSA infection through contaminated medical scopes. The scopes had been cleaned according to manufacturer directions and federal standards—as
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