FRESNO, Calif.—Officials say a contaminated water system is the cause of a case of Legionnaires’ Disease at St. Agnes Hospital in Fresno.
Officials said Wednesday that a 26-year-old man hospitalized with a bacterial skin infection came down with the severe form of pneumonia while housed in the west wing of the hospital.
Testing found Legionella present in the hospital’s water system. Hospital officials flushed all lines with 180-degree water. Read the rest of this entry »

Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon is due to announce that Scottish hospitals are to be barred from putting out more cleaning and catering contracts to the private sector.
Instead, health boards will have to be responsible for these services.
The move follows on from steps already announced by the Scottish Government in a bid to improve hospital cleanliness and reduce infections such as MRSA.
Ms Sturgeon will announce the change in her Read the rest of this entry »

The Christ Hospital is a 555-bed, not-for-profit acute care facility,
offering services in cardiovascular care, spine treatment, women’s
health, major surgery, cancer, behavioral medicine, orthopedics,
emergency care, kidney transplant and others. The hospital also offers
The Christ Hospital Medical Associates, a primary care physician
practice with several office locations throughout the Tristate. The
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SXC Health Solutions Corp. is a leading provider of pharmacy benefits management (PBM) services and Health Care Information Technology (HCIT) solutions to the healthcare benefits management industry. The Company’s product offerings and solutions combine a wide range of software applications, application service provider (ASP) processing services and professional services, designed for many of the largest organizations in the pharmaceutical supply Read the rest of this entry »