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Healthcare organizations have a new reason to be concerned about how their patients perceive the cleanliness of hospitals and patient rooms.

Prior to the current Legionnaire's outbreak, the water supply at the Wesley Hospital had never been tested for Legionella bacteria.

U.S. health officials are voicing concern about the emerging H7N9 influenza virus in China as a report in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) described the severe illnesses that killed three of the first patients identified.

Placement of copper objects in intensive care unit (ICU) hospital rooms reduced the number of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) in patients by more than half.