Blue Shield of California Foundation awards $13.1 million to improve patient safety

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Blue Shield of California Foundation, March 6, 2008

After seeing the success that a nine-hospital infection control pilot project had last year in California, Blue Shield of California announced last week that it will give $5.75 million to expand the program to at least 100 hospitals over the next year.

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