Department of Health would be required to report new infections under new guidelines

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Intro:	The Department of Health would have to follow new guidelines when it comes to reporting infections if a bill is passed.
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Wrap: The Department of Health would be required to report more infections and establish standards for antibiotic use if a bill is signed into law.

In a hearing, Chairman of the House Health and Mental Health Policy committee Representative Keith Frederick said too many people have access to antibiotics.

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Description: "If you look at the big global problem is probably ten percent hospital administered antibiotics and ninety percent community demand for antibiotics, anybody that's been involved in medical practice, you know what Representative Kirkton just said, is a daily occurrence."

Republican Representative Sue Allen of St. Louis County is sponsoring the bill.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Michael Lindquist.

Intro:	A bill that would require the Department of Health to follow new standards would impact Missouri hospitals.
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Wrap: The Department of Health would be required to establish standards for the use of antibiotics and make records regarding the rate of infections public if the bill passes.

House Staff Member Chris Dunn is working with Representative Sue Allen who is sponsoring the bill. He says hospitals need to make sure they are doing everything they can to prevent infections from surgeries.

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Description: "If you find out that a hospital isn't doing a good job with preventing infections, you won't go to that hospital, if you don't go to that hospital, they lose money."

Allen says this bill updates current Missouri law passed in 2005.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Michael Lindquist.

Intro:	New guidelines for the Department of Health proposed in a bill would make the public more aware of infections in hospitals.
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Wrap: The Department of Health would be required to establish standards for the use of antibiotics and make records regarding the rate of infections public if the bill passes.

House Staff Member Chris Dunn is working with the bills sponsor, Representative Sue Allen. He says current Missouri law is too weak and needs to be updated to save lives lost to hospital acquired infections.

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Description: "The standards Missouri has in place today aren't strong enough to help the public make a good decision about where they should be treated or where they should go to have their surgeries."

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Michael Lindquist.

Intro:	New guidelines for the Department of Health proposed in a bill would make the public more aware of infections in hospitals.
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Wrap: The Department of Health would be required to establish standards for the use of antibiotics and make records regarding the rate of infections public if the bill passes.

House Staff Member Chris Dunn is working with the bill's sponsor Representative Sue Allen. He says current Missouri law needs to be updated to save lives lost to hospital acquired infections.

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Description: "The standards Missouri has in place today aren't strong enough to help the public make a good decision about where they should be treated or where they should go to have their surgeries."

Allen says this bill revises current Missouri law passed in 2005.

The bill expands the law to include infections associated with c-section and vaginal birth, hip and knee replacements and hysterectomies including abdominal, vaginal, and laparoscopic.

Ventilator associated events and central-line related bloodstream infections must also be reported.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Michael Lindquist.