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Article: GOVERNOR SIGNS LEGISLATION REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION RATES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 31, 2007
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Gov. Jon S. Corzine, D-N.J., issued the following press release:
Governor Jon S. Corzine today signed legislation requiring New Jersey hospitals to report statistics on all hospital acquired infections to the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). This marks the first time the state will have a comprehensive, detailed system of reporting for hospital acquired infections, enabling hospitals to develop protocols to combat this problem.
"I am proud to sign this legislation, which will put the spotlight on this scourge of deadly infections," Governor Corzine said. "This will help hospitals put procedures in place to prevent these infections and give family-members access to ...