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Accreditation for Medical Bill Collectors

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Infection Prevention
Tracking Your Healthcare-Acquired Infections
Dan Mayworm

Dan Mayworm Half of the more than 2 million healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) that kill nearly 100,000 annually are preventable, government statistics show, yet no single federal agency tracks HAIs. Only Illinois and Pennsylvania require reporting of HAIs (see "Do You Have to Report?").

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