Extending The Cure News
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The study examining the cost in terms of both lives and dollars of two common health care-associated infections has drawn significant media attention. We'll post a summary of the coverage shortly.
Washington D.C. – Two common conditions caused by hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) killed 48,000 people and ramped up health care costs by $8.1 billion in 2006 alone, according to a study released today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
CBS news concludes its two part examination of antibiotic use in healthy livestock tonight. The focus is the "Danish experiment," or evidence, as many researchers argue, of a successful ban of this dangerous practice.
ETC funded, NCSL webinar
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
3:00 p.m. EST
Washington, D.C. -- A new study in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology reports a surge in drug-resistant strains of Acinetobacter, a dangerous type of bacteria that is becoming increasingly common in U.S. hospitals. This study is being posted online today and will appear in the journal’s February print edition.
The RWJF story is told through the eyes and voices of:
* Robert E. Campbell, M.B.A., retired vice chairman of Johnson & Johnson, former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
* Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief, Health Affairs
* Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., RWJF president and CEO
* Ramanan Laxminarayan, Ph.D., senior fellow, Resources for the Future
Ramanan Laxminarayan and Ed Septimus explain that controlling hospital acquired infections should be part of any health reform proposal that aims to reduce costs without sacrificing quality. In fact, infection control saves lives. Read their op-ed to Roll Call.
Health Reform Should Tackle the Rising Threat of Hospital Infections June 30, 2009, 2:50 p.m.
By Ramanan Laxminarayan and Ed Septimus, Special to Roll Call
1. Chicago Tribune: Beyond swine flu: Superbugs (Opinion)
2. Environmental Health Perspectives: The Landscape of Antibiotic Resistance
3. PR Newswire: New Ad Campaign Asks D.C. Commuters ‘Who’s Hogging Our Antibiotics?’
In an op-ed in today’s Chicago Tribune, ETC researchers Anup Malani and Ramanan Laxminarayan urge state and federal policymakers to get tough on bacterial and especially antibiotic resistant infections. They note the high costs of these infections—both in terms of lives and dollars—and remind us that a flu pandemic could be made worse by co-infection.
Beyond swine flu: Superbugs
By Anup Malani and Ramanan Laxminarayan