MD Hospital Industry Defeats Bill Requiring Patient Screening for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Posted on: Tuesday, 28 March 2006, 21:00 CST
By Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports
A bill to require Maryland hospitals and nursing homes to screen incoming patients for antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been defeated in the face of opposition from the hospital industry
. The measure was intended to stop the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria in health care facilities. It would have required 69 hospitals and 240 nursing homes throughout the state to check if incoming patients carried certain antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and to isolate patients that tested positive.Source: The Daily Record (Baltimore)
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