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When a Hospital Is a Dangerous Place to Be
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.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readDespite 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?
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When a Hospital Is a Dangerous Place to Be- 1:20Quarantined Nurse with No Ebola Symptoms Cleared to Go Home
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The full episode
2 of 3When a Hospital Is a Dangerous Place to Be- 1:20Quarantined Nurse with No Ebola Symptoms Cleared to Go Home
- 8:04When a Hospital Is a Dangerous Place to BeYou’re reading this
- 42:49Guerrero Governor Replaced, Students Still Missing