No one knows how many patients are dying from superbug infections in California hospitals

Posted on October 3, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Anti-Resistant Bacteria, CDC, Clinical Reporting Transparency, Coroner, CRE, CRKP, Health Policy, Hospital Acquired Infections, Hospital Deaths, Infection Control, Medical Examiner, Medical Malpractice, MRSA, Preventable Medical Complication, Pubic Safety, Public Health, Sepsis, Superbugs • Leave a comment

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Sharley McMullen's death certificate says she died from respiratory failure and septic shock caused by her ulcer.

We, the community of physicians, had been watching these patients die and trundling them off to the morgue for years.— Dr. Barry Farr, former president, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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No one knows how many patients are dying from superbug infections in California hospitals

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