Beating back the bugs.

• Autores: Jeneen Interlandi
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 304, Nº. 5, 2011, págs. 24-24
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses how some hospitals are combating hospital-acquired infections. Topics include a brief overview of hospital-acquired deaths in the U.S. annually and efforts by some U.S. hospitals to fight hospital-acquired infections, such as the rural hospital Claxton-Hepbum Medical Center in Ogdensburg, New York, which has eradicated ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients requiring mechanical ventilation.