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April 7, 2008

Infections-reporting bill on track for passage

A much-publicized proposal requiring hospitals to report all hospital-borne infections continued to breeze through the General Assembly last week, winning unanimous passage in the Senate.

Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Paiva Weed, D-Newport, even stood to thank sponsor Hanna M. Gallo, D-Cranston, for working to make hospitals cleaner, safer places.

“She has been aware of the seriousness of the spread of resistant and deadly viruses and has highlighted the importance of this issue for all of us,” Paiva Weed said.

A similar bill is expected to pass the House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare in the coming days with several language changes that committee members hope will make it more palatable to Rhode Island’s hospitals.

Committee Chairman Joseph M. McNamara, D-Warwick, told Political Scene he will probably recommend passage. “I think this would be beneficial to reduce hospital-borne infections,” he said.

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