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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to sign into law legislation that would require healthcare providers to signify infections as the contributing factor or cause of death on deceased persons' death certificates, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch news report.
A new quality reporting mandate, known as the Model Healthcare-Associated Infections Law, has been passed in North Carolina, according to a Hospira news release.
Prior to opening a healthcare facility that has undergone extensive water and wind damage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state inspections need to be conducted to determine if the building is salvageable.
The California Department of Public Health fined Community Hospital of San Bernardino (Calif.) $80,000 after an investigation revealed the hospital's substandard care was the cause for a patient's death in 2008, according to an LA Times news report.
The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare has identified 29 causes of wrong-site surgery and offered "targeted" solutions for how to overcome these challenges.