The Health and Human Services Department Cites a Need for Improvement on HAIs

According to a report released last week, U.S. hospitals have offered "very little progress" in eliminating hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). The Health and Human Services department's 2009 quality report encourages "urgent attention" be paid to keeping patients safer.

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