Despite widespread alarm, the risk of infection by the Ebola virus has been virtually non-existent in this country so far. But 75,000 people die every year from homegrown infections contracted in hospitals -- more than from car crashes and gunshots combined. One astonishing reason: the failure of doctors to wash their hands. Another: the overprescribing of antibiotics, which creates resistant bacteria. The CDC has known of these and other problems for years, and there are easy solutions. Is Obamacare providing a crackdown?
When a Hospital Is a Dangerous Place to Be
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Credits
Guests:
Janis Orlowski - Association of American Medical Colleges -
@AAMCtoday,
Lennox Archibald - infectious disease physician,
Michael Millenson - Health Quality Advisors -
@MLMillenson,
Jordan Rau - Kaiser Health News -
@jordanrau,
Victoria Nahum - Safe Care Campaign
Host:
Warren Olney
Producers:
Katie Cooper,
Sonya Geis,
Claire Martin