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Consumer Reports: Hospital infections

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by KVUE News

Posted on February 8, 2010 at 1:08 PM

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They're hospitals dirty and deadly little secret -- central-line bloodstream infections.

At least 30,000 patients die each year from them.

Now, a new study reveals some hospitals are doing all they can to prevent such infections, but many other medical facilities are failing to act. 

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