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Hospitals To Pay Big Fines For Infections, Avoidable Injuries

Dorothea Handron suffered an infection after a surgeon unknowingly pierced her bowel during a hernia operation. She became so ill that doctors placed her in a medically induced coma for six weeks. Jim R. Bounds/AP Images for Kaiser Health News hide caption

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Hospitals To Pay Big Fines For Infections, Avoidable Injuries

Starting this fall, 25 percent of all U.S. hospitals — those with the worst records for infections and injuries — will lose 1 percent of every Medicare payment for a year.

Hospitals To Pay Big Fines For Infections, Avoidable Injuries

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Wednesday

Fewer People Are Getting Infections In Hospitals, But Many Still Die
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Fewer People Are Getting Infections In Hospitals, But Many Still Die

More than 70,000 deaths a year are caused by hospital-acquired infections, a CDC survey of U.S. hospitals finds. The numbers are improving, doctors say, but not fast enough.

Fewer People Are Getting Infections In Hospitals, But Many Still Die

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