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Infections linked to health care declining, report says

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By ABC7
Thursday, March 27, 2014
March 26, 2014

The results are based on a 2011 survey of 183 hospitals in 10 states.

Researchers say 722,000 cases of infections were linked to health care, and 75,000 of those patients ended up dying in the hospital.

The statistics are an improvement. In 2002, more than 1.5 million cases were reported.

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