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Drug-resistant Staph Infections Prevail at Hospitals

By Dianne Finch on Monday, February 5, 2007.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 90 thousand people die each year from infections they catch at hospitals.

And 5% of everyone who goes into a hospital catches some kind infection there.

One of the most common and virulent germs infecting patients is a type of Staph called
MRSA.

And it's on the rise in hospitals across the country - and it can be lethal.

In New Hampshire, no one is keeping track of all MRSA infections.

But public health experts in the state are working on a state-wide plan to reduce its incidence.