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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Peoples Republic of Long Beach, NY
Posts: 21,140
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US Public Hospital Casuality Count
90,000 people die of hospital-acquired infections annually. More than half of these deaths may be preventable.
180,000 elderly outpatients die or are seriously injured by drug toxicity. Half of these incidents may be preventable.
7,000 patients die from drug errors each year.
554 errors in four months were found at one six bed intensive care unit; 147 were potentially serious or life-threatening.
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