Blog Archive for December, 2009
One MRSA infection costs a hospital $60,000
December 15,2009
MSNBC.com
A single patient infected with the increasingly common “superbug” known as MRSA can cost a hospital $60,000, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday.
Their study of seven hospitals and health facilities shows that taking action, even expensive action, to fight infections can save money, the researchers at Duke University in North Carolina said.
The study, published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE, addresses methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA infections associated with surgery
Learning from the H1N1 Flu Outbreak
Sarah Anderson
December 3,2009
EMSResponder.com
In September, the UCLA School of Public Health’s Center for Public Health and Disasters brought together representatives from federal, state and local health agencies, hospitals, emergency medical services, and private industry for an intensive two-day workshop to assess the effectiveness of actions taken during the early months of the novel H1N1 influenza outbreak.