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AARP Bulletin
November, 2008 A Hospital Germ on the Warpath
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NY Sun
August 28, 2008 A Sunny Party With a Serious Agenda
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Wall Street Journal
August 14, 2008 Hospital Infections: Preventable and Unacceptable
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NY Sun
July 21, 2008 Medical Benchmarking is Deadly

Times Union
July 11, 2008 Failing to Safeguard Patients

Infection Control Today Magazine
May 19, 2008 CDC's Deadly Mistake

Washington Times
April 18, 2008 CDC's Deadly Mistakes

Investor's Business Daily
May 14, 2008 An Uphill Battle Against Hospital Infection

NY Sun
December 27, 2007 Staph Meets Nurse Betsy

Wall Street Journal
November 27, 2007 Our Unsanitary Hospitals

Times Union
October 19, 2007 Governments Urged to Make Killer Bug a Priority

Indy Star
September 10, 2007 Medicare policy to hold hospitals more responsible

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Newsday
August 29, 2007 Medicare policy to hold hospitals more responsible

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Boston Globe
August 27, 2007 Patient, protect thyself

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Dallas Morning News
August 21, 2007 Medicare gets stricter on hospitals

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New York Sun
August 6, 2007 Saving New Yorkers' Lives

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New York Times
July 27, 2007 Swabs in Hand, Hospital Cuts Deadly Infections

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US News and World Report
July 2007 Why Aren't Hospitals Cleaner?

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Ladies' Home Journal
May 2007 Are you safe from superbugs?

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The Star Ledger
May 13, 2007 The hidden danger at hospitals
Facilities in state currently don't have to disclose rates of patient infection

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The Post Standard
May 6, 2007 Recommendation and reality
Facilities in state currently don't have to disclose rates of patient infection

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Ms. Magazine
Spring 2007 Germ Warfare

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New York Sun
April 6, 2007 What the VA Does Right

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Infection Control Today
April 3, 2007 Infectious Disease Experts Urge Hospitals to Reduce Infections and Protect Patients

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Wall Street Journal
April 2, 2007 Letter to the Editor: "Dr. Masur's call..."

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Los Angeles Times
April 2, 2007 Surprise: VA hospitals get high marks

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The Jerusalem Post
March 24, 2007 Health Scan: Reduce hospital infections

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Newsday
March 12, 2007 Treating the hospital

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The Baltimore Sun
March 6, 2007 Outbreak response: A tale of two cities

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The Washington Times
February 25, 2007 Hospitals' hidden danger

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Delaware Online: The News Journal
February 11, 2007 Hospital infections often kill

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Los Angeles Times
February 3, 2007 Spreading Infections

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New York Sun
January 30, 2007 Spreading Infections

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AARP Bulletin
January, 2007 Dirty Hospitals

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Australian Associated Press
January 2, 2007 US hospitals boost effort to kill bugs

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Wall Street Journal
December 26, 2006 With Infections on Rise, Hospital Tactics Vary

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Times Union
December 26, 2006 Fighting Infection

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ABC News Health Online
November 14, 2006 Stopping the Dangerous Superbug. How to Protect Yourself Against Infection, in Any Hospital

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The New York Times
November 14, 2006 To Catch a Deadly Germ

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Des Moines Business Record
October 29, 2006 Grassroots campaign, grants focus on hospital infection rates

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The New York Sun
October 12, 2006 Letters to the Editor: 'The Doctor Is In, but the Lab Coat Is Out'

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Newsday
August 17, 2006 Staph infections on rise

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Modernhealthcare.com
June 24, 2006 Tracking ties to infection

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Forbes Magazine
June 19, 2006 Clean Hands

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The New York Law Journal
June 6, 2006 The Next Asbestos

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CBS News
May 19, 2006 Hospital Infections Become Increasingly Resistant

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The Wall Street Journal
May 6, 2006 Romneycare's Fine Print

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Channel 13 News, Who TV (Transcript)
April, 2006 Channel 13 Investigation: Hospital Infections

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Chicago Sun-Times
March 27, 2006 Bad hospital hygiene costly--in lives, cash

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The Des Moines Register
March 15, 2006 Activist encourages fight against hospital infections

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The Wall Street Journal
March 8, 2006 Hospitals Take New Steps Against Bacteria

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Healthcare Purchasing News
March, 2006 Hospitals must come clean about a dirty secret: Up Close with RID's Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D.

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Infection Control Today
March, 2006 HAIs and SSIs: National Initiatives Aim to Control These Killers

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Buffalo News
February 28, 2006 Hospitals must eliminate preventable infections

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Newsday
February 21, 2006 New flu is likely to spread differently

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The New York Sun
February 9, 2006 Enter at your own risk

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Modernhealthcare.com
January 30, 2006 Saving lives and the bottom line

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Westchester Business Journal
January 30, 2006 Infection prevention increases profits

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Long Island Business News
January 20, 2006 Wipe out hospital infections

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Newsday
December 31, 2005 Group targets infections

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Reuters
December 12, 2005 Hospitals may help spread flu pandemic

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The New York Sun
October 21, 2005 Bird in the Hand

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The New York Sun
September 27, 2005 Superbugs

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Chicago Sun-Times
September 25, 2005 Poor hospital hygiene enough to make you ill

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Daily News
September 22, 2005 Hospitals must beat the bugs

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The New York Sun
September 12, 2005 A Zoo Story

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The Wall Street Journal
August 25, 2005 Medical Courts

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Daily News
July 21, 2005 Hosps must tell of infections

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Daily News
June 24, 2005 Zapping hospital bugs
Albany OKs bill to report infections

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The New York Sun
June 24, 2005 Assembly Passes Bill Requiring Hospitals To Report Infections Contracted There

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Daily News
June 17, 2005 Ex-pol's crusade led to hosp infection bill

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The New York Times
June 6, 2005 Coming Clean

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Times Union
April 8, 2005 Deaths call drive for cure

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The Post Standard
March 22, 2005 Bill Would Make Hospitals Come Clean On Infections
Facilities in state currently don't have to disclose rates of patient infection

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Harvard Club of New York City
March 11, 2005 The Compelling Case for Reducing Hospital Infections: Saving Lives, Reducing Costs, Rescuing Failing Hospitals

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The Wall Street Journal
February 1, 2005 Street Journal cover story cites RID leadership on hospital infection issue

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New York Post
January 23, 2005 New York Post reports infections on the rise at some New York hospitals

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New York Post
January 23, 2005 New York Post reports infections on the rise at some New York hospitals

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ABC News Primetime Thursday
October 23, 2004 Cleanliness Issues: Famous Reporter's Routine Procedure Turned into Horrible Death, Family Says

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The New York Sun
August 16, 2004 Cleanliness Issues: Famous Reporter's Routine Procedure Turned into Horrible Death, Family Says

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WTOP Radio Network
Preventing Hospital Infections

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The New York Sun
March 14, 2005 Infection Control and Medicaid Costs

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The American Spectator
November 2004 Doctors Must Wash Hands: US Hospitals have become an Infection Zone
by Betsy McCaughey

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The New York Sun
September 24, 2004
by Betsy McCaughey

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The New York Post
August 6, 2004

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The American Enterpise
July/August 2003 Dangerous Hospitals and Medicare
by Betsy McCaughey

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Forbes
November 11, 2002 Physician, Wash Thyself
by Betsy McCaughey

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