“It was apparently, we suspect, done by virtue of economic fraud,” von Eschenbach today told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees FDA spending. After the hearing von Eschenbach said his comments may have gone too far. He told reporters the agency didn’t have evidence that the contamination was intentional. “One thing you always wonder [...]
Cases of hospital-borne infection reported to the state Health Care Cost Containment Council in 2006:
Urinary tract , 13,635
Gastrointestinal , 3,963
Multiple infections (any combination) , 3,732
Pneumonia , 3,326
Bloodstream , 2,945
Surgical site , 1,671
Other infections , 965
TOTAL: 30,237
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Source: Pa. Health Care Cost Containment Council
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