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Public Disclosure of Healthcare‐Associated Infections: The Role of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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Prior to 2004, only two states, Pennsylvania and Illinois, had enacted legislation requiring healthcare facilities to collect nosocomial or healthcare‐associated infection (HAI) data intended for public disclosure. In 2004, two additional states, Missouri and Florida, passed disclosure laws. Currently, several other states are considering similar legislation. In California, Senate Bill 1487 requiring hospitals to collect HAI data and report them to the Office of Statewide Health Planning was passed by the legislature, but was not signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger, effectively vetoing it. The impetus for these laws is complex. Support comes from consumer advocates, who argue that the public has the right to be informed, and from others who view HAI as preventable and hope that public disclosure would provide an incentive to healthcare providers and institutions to improve their care. [more ...]

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Public Disclosure of Healthcare‐Associated Infections: The Role of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Edward S. Wong , MD, Mark E. Rupp , MD, Leonard Mermel , DO, ScM, Trish M. Perl , MD, MSc, Suzanne Bradley , MD, Keith M. Ramsey , MD, Belinda Ostrowsky , MD, MPH, August J. Valenti , MD, John A. Jernigan , MD, Andreas Voss , MD, PhD and Michael L. Tapper , MD
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Vol. 26, No. 2 (February 2005) (pp. 210-212)

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Edward S. Wong , MD; Mark E. Rupp , MD; Leonard Mermel , DO, ScM; Trish M. Perl , MD, MSc; Suzanne Bradley , MD; Keith M. Ramsey , MD; Belinda Ostrowsky , MD, MPH; August J. Valenti , MD; John A. Jernigan , MD; Andreas Voss , MD, PhD; Michael L. Tapper , MD

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Dr. Wong, President of SHEA, is from McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Rupp, Treasurer of SHEA, is from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Mermel, President‐elect of SHEA, is from Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Perl, Vice President of SHEA, is from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Bradley, Academic Councilor for SHEA, is from Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan Healthcare Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Ramsey, Secretary of SHEA, is from the University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. Dr. Ostrowsky, Practice Councilor for SHEA, is from Westchester County Department of Health, New Rochelle, New York. Dr. Valenti, Practice Councilor for SHEA, is from the Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine. Dr. Jernigan, Academic Councilor for SHEA, is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Voss, International Councilor for SHEA, is from Canisius‐Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Dr. Tapper, Immediate President of SHEA, is from Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York.Address reprint requests to the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 66 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 600, Alexandria, VA 22314. info@shea‐online.org

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