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PBS Frontline: Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria

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http://www.pbs.org/video/2365104403/

Antibiotic Resistance

http://www.pbs.org/video/2365089175/

http://www.pbs.org/video/2365540415/

Superbugs follow 1 in 4 seniors from the hospital to post-acute care settings, study finds

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http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/superbugs-follow-1-4-seniors-hospital-post-acute-care-settings-study-finds/2016-03-14?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=%257B%257Blead.Id%257D%257D&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRons6%252FOde%252FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%252F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DSsdiNK%252BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

C Difficile Bacteria

By the time they leave PAC, 1 in 3 test positive for drug-resistant organisms

Endoscope bugs displace alarm fatigue as top ECRI safety hazard

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Endoscope bugs displace alarm fatigue as top ECRI safety hazard

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Hospitals Urged To Avoid Serving Meat From Livestock Raised on Antibiotics

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http://www.californiahealthline.org/capitol-desk/2015/10/hospitals-urged-to-avoid-serving-meat-from-livestock-raised-on-antibiotics

Superbugs

‘Superbugs’ create new challenges for hospital supply chain

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http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/superbugs-create-new-challenges-hospital-supply-chain

Though antibiotic-resistant bugs aren’t new, their rise in U.S. healthcare institutions is leading hospitals to stock up on supplies.

 

Superbug threat prompts West to revisit Soviet-era virus therapy

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/02/us-health-bacteriophages-insight-idUSKCN0PC1FO20150702

Two plates coated with drug-resistant bacteria with a mutation called NDM 1 and then exposed to various antibiotics are seen at the Health Protection Agency in north London, Britain in this March 9, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/Files

Two plates coated with drug-resistant bacteria with a mutation called NDM 1 and then exposed to various antibiotics are seen at the Health Protection Agency in north London, Britain in this March 9, 2011 file photo.

Report: Superbugs a ‘looming global crisis’

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http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/report-superbugs-looming-global-crisis/2014-12-11?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

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