hospital acquired infection

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 and nurses were not washing their hands.  Gross. I also remember when...