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Pennsylvania law tackles hospital-acquired infections
Quality Improvement Monitor, July 27, 2007
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell signed a law last week requiring hospitals, outpatient surgery centers, and nursing homes to develop infection control systems that meet state health department standards and report all hospital-acquired infections to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to the Associated Press (AP).
Financial reimbursements will be awarded to facilities that reduce infections by 10% from the previous year.
"The train is moving, and it's moving in the right direction," Pennsylvania Medical Society President Mark Piasio, MD, told the AP.
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