Hospitals Struggle To Beat Back Serious Infections

By Jordan Rau October 22, 2014

KHN reporter Jordan Rau spoke on NPR about data that say they got in the hospital. Nearly 700 hospitals around the U.S. have higher than expected infection rates.

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