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Doctors and Nurses Not Washing Hands Responsible for 80,000 Deaths Nationwide

I remember a few years ago reading an article about hospital acquired infections and the deaths associated with those.  The story was about a woman who went in for hip surgery, and ended up dying a month later because she acquired an infection in the hospital.
I remember being shocked at the major cause for problems: doctors [...]