Infographic: The hazards of hospitals
Hospitals are supposed to be places of healing. But as this infographic shows, threats like superbugs, sloppy records and sleepy interns can make U.S. hospitals surprisingly dangerous.
Wed, Aug 31 2011 at 3:11 PM EST
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- U.S. News & World Report: Hospital admission more dangerous than flying
- Scientific American: Deaths from avoidable medical error more than double in past decade
- Mother Jones: Hospitals way more dangerous than you thought
- HospitalInfection.org: Needless, deadly peril at U.S. hospitals
- New York Times: Rising threat of infections unfazed by antiobiotics
- CDC: The direct medical costs of healthcare-associated infections in U.S. hospitals and the benefits of prevention
- Harvard: ortality among hospitalized Medicare
- NPR: When doctors don't sleep
- American Journal of Medical Quality: Hand hygiene compliance rates in the United States
- Science Daily Doctor's neckties: A reservoir for bacteria?
- ABC News: 'Superfreakonomics': When dirty hands mean deadly infections
- Commonwealth Fund: Measuring the health of nations
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