For more information:

·         ABC News: Cleanliness Issues  
Famous Reporters' Routine Procedure 
Turned into Horrible Death
(If link is broken, download a Word document here)

·         Merck Source

·         ApplesForHealth.com

·         MSN Group--Investigation: Unhealthy Hospitals
(from the Chicago Tribune)

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Can you imagine going into the hospital for heart or knee surgery, contracting an infection that's unrelated to your illness, and dying from it?

That's what happens to an estimated 90,000 people every year, yet hospitals still don't have to disclose their rates of infection. Hospitals don't even have to report their infection rates to the regulators who are responsible for making sure they meet basic standards.

That's why Consumers Union is launching a new campaign called StopHospitalInfections.org.

We want basic quality of care information like hospital infection rates to be available to the public so consumers can make informed decisions about where they go for health care. Will you please help by contacting Congress now?

Just click the banner above  to email your U.S. Senators urging them to make hospitals disclose their infection rates.

And don't forget to tell all your family and friends!