Stop Hospital Infections

MRSA series: Culture of Resistance

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:03:04 -0600

The Seattle Times� new three-part series on MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant superbug that�s killing thousands of hospital patients every year made me want to wash my hands over and over like Lady Macbeth.

"I don't want to die (in the hospital)"

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:05:30 -0600

While he may not be singing about hospital infections specifically, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band humorously assemble the jolting anxiety we�d feel as a hospital patient trying to get out...

Old Blood for Halloween

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:46:51 -0600

Patients given blood transfusions of blood stored 29 days or longer are twice as likely to get a hospital-acquired infection as those receiving newer blood, according to researchers at Cooper University Hospital in New Jersey.

Mother against medical error

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:48:13 -0600

Helen Haskell, founder of Mothers Against Medical Error (MAME), became a patient safety advocate after her 15 year old son died from a medical error in 2000. Watch her story.

NYT calls for doctors to be included in Medicare non-payment rules

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:15:19 -0600

The New York Times came out Sunday with a strong call for making the new Medicare rule to stop paying for care needed after hospitals harm their patients apply to physicians too, stating the current policy lets "doctors off scot-free."

SC activist Dianne Parker fights for safer care

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:19:11 -0600

Dianne Parker became a lead patient safety activist after her husband, Willie, died from a combination of medical errors and a hospital-acquired MRSA infection. Watch her story...

Actor, cancer survivor talks about being a �bad� patient

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:35:13 -0600

�Sex and the City� actor, Evan Handler, had it hard enough fighting leukemia in his early adulthood, and now he�s speaking out about his experience with medical errors and life after cancer.

Medicare won't foot the bill for medical errors

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:09:45 -0600

Effective today, Medicare will stop compensating hospitals for the additional costs to treat patients who suffered from certain preventable infections and errors due to bad medical care.

The better half: California hospital infection reporting bills signed into law!

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:29:23 -0600

California becomes 25th state to require public reporting of hospital infections and 4th state to require MRSA screening of certain patients.

The "Duh" Factor -- What's So Hard About Saving Lives?

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:28:50 -0600

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform found that only eight state hospital associations even gather comprehensive information about the rate of central-line-associated bloodstream infections (among the most common types of hospital-acquired infections).

MRSA takes its toll on father and son

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:15:29 -0600

Following a bike accident, Jimmy Jr. needed knee surgery hoping to be strong enough to play high school football. Instead he acquired MRSA...

CA activist Carole Moss leads effort on hospital infecton bills

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:16:40 -0600

Carole Moss has been a lead advocate on the effort to pass legislation requiring California hospitals to report their infection rates available to the public. The bill is named after her son, Nile, who died of MRSA, an antibiotic resistant superbug. The legislation also requires screening of patients for MRSA and isolating those that have it.

Survivor turned movement leader: Meet Alicia

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:38:13 -0600

Alicia Cole, an actress and hospital infection survivor, last Friday launched her own initiative to finally pass an infection reporting law in California.