Kaiser Permanente Medical Center-Fresno, Community Regional Medical Center and Saint Agnes Medical Center had significantly high health-care associated infection rates, according to an article in the Fresno Bee.
The Fresno hospitals are among 112 statewide with high infection rates, according to a recent California Department of Public Health report.
In 2013, 424 acute-care hospitals in California reported 18,780 infections. By law, hospitals must report cases of Clostridium difficile and two drug-resistant infections — methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci, the article said.
C. difficile infections have increased over the past several years due to an emergence of more infectious and virulent strains. Infection control includes hand washing, cleaning hospital rooms and appropriate use of antibiotics, the report said.
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