acf domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /var/www/abell.org/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121Maryland’s rates for hospital-acquired infections are public for the first time, and they are troubling.
Of 17 states that reported data, Maryland ranked worst when the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the first ever comparison of state infection rates in 2010.
Responding to a legislative mandate, the Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC) disclosed hospital-by-hospital rates for the first time in October 2010 as well, comparing each hospital to national benchmarks. Of 45 hospitals included in the MHCC report, only the Johns Hopkins Hospital newborn intensive care unit was better than the national benchmarks by a statistically significant degree. Eight of the 45 hospitals—including three Baltimore hospitals: University of Maryland Medical Center, Sinai Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview—had pediatric and adult rates that were significantly worse than national peers.