Schwarzenegger signs bills to combat staph outbreaks in hospitals
Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2008
Laws passed recently in California now require hospitals to make public their staph infection rates and also increase measures to prevent them. State inspections in recent years have found that some hospitals have done little to prevent the spread of staph infections, through things like unsterile equipment.
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