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MRSA germ kills more than AIDS
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - October 17, 20077

Drug-Resistant Staph Germ's Toll Is Higher Than Thought
Washington Post - October 17, 2007

Experts: Drug-resistant staph deaths may surpass AIDS toll
CNN - October 16, 2007

MRSA Prevention Measures Already In Place At Salt Lake City VAMC
Salt Lake Tribune - August 20, 2007

Surprise: VA hospitals get high marks
Los Angeles Times - April 2, 2007

Medical 'dirty secret' out in open
The Washington Times - March 9, 2007

Local VA center leads fight against infection
The News Journal, Wilmington, DE - February 23, 2007

All VA Hospitals To Follow Suit To In Controlling Spread Of Non-Resistant Superbug
All Headline News Corp -  February 7, 2007

Hospital infections called beatable
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - February 7, 2007

Doctors say fight can be won against drug-resistant bug
The Associated Press - February 6, 2007

Rendell targets infections in hospitals
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - January 25, 2007

Take these steps to reduce MRSA infections, pp. 4-5
Environment of Care Leader Online - January 8, 2007

DeBakey VAMC Part Of National Initiative To Curb Staph Infections
The Houston Chronicle - November 29, 2006

Report: 19,000 PA Hospital Infections In ‘05
KDKA TV2 - November 14, 2006

Remaking American Medicine- Health Care for
the 21st Century

VAPHS MRSA Initiative featured on PBS - October 12, 2006

VA Pittsburgh Leads National Effort to Prevent Spread
of Dangerous Bacteria
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs VAnguard, September/October 2006 (page 31)

Skin scourge
The Boston Globe - August 21, 2006

News Coverage prior to 2006

Coming Clean
New York Times - June 6, 2005

Hospitals try to ward off nasty MRSA bacteria
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - April 23, 2005

Collaborative model shows early success in battling MRSA: early participants
cut number of infections by about 85% HealthCare Benchmarks and
Quality Improvement - Find Articles
Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement-December 2005 Issue

Positive deviance: an inside look: concept applied to eliminating MRSA
HealthCare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement - Find Articles
Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement-December 2005 Issue

Forum: The solution to high health-care costs is right here
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Sunday, October 10, 2004

A hospital that's winning the battle against bacteria
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June 01, 2004

Hospitals seek to stop wheelchair theft
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - July 27, 2003