Health and Fitness

Despite Progress, Ongoing Efforts Needed to Combat Infections Impacting Hospital Patients

National and state data detail threat of healthcare-associated infections and opportunities for further improvements

MAP Team member, Captain Mary Naughton, reviews chest x-rays with a panel physician in Ghana. 
What Patients Can Do: Six Ways To Be A Safe Patient. Entire Infographic Adobe PDF file

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2014.  On any given day, approximately one in 25 U.S. patients has at least one infection contracted during the course of their hospital care, adding up to about 722,000 infections in 2011, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.…

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