Link: Health Blog : California Mandates More Screening, Reporting of Hospital Infections.
Here’s one more sign of the growing concern over the nasty infections that pass from patient to patient at American hospitals:
Four years ago, Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have given hospitals more responsibility in tracking and reporting infections. Yesterday, he signed into law two bills that do just that, the Los Angeles Times reports.
One of the bills requires hospitals to screen high-risk patients for MRSA infections within 24 hours of admission. (MRSA is a virulent, increasingly common form of staph that’s resistant to most antibiotics.) It will also make hospitals report their infection rates.
The other bill requires more training on infection control training at hospitals, and adds to the state’s program for monitoring hospital infections.
