Wrap: Senator Rob Schaaf's urged his colleagues to vote in favor of his bill - which would modify the way hospitals in Missouri are required to report infections.

Schaaf said a leading cause of death in the United States is infections acquired in hospitals and health care facilities.

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Description: It's estimated that 100,000 people a year die of nosocomial infections or you know, health care acquired infections

The bill would require more thorough reporting of infections that occur in hospitals.

Schaaf said collecting more data will help find out the scope of the problem in Missouri, so hospitals could work to solve it.

 

Reporting from the State Capitol, I'm Madeline Odle.

Wrap: Senator Bob Onder voiced his support of a bill that would require more detailed reporting of infections in hospitals.

Onder said he is all-too-aware of issues involving people who acquire infections while in hospitals, because his son almost died from it.

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The bill's sponsor Senator Rob Schaaf said infection acquired in health care facilities is one of the leading causes of death in the United States.

Schaaf's bill has one more vote in the Senate before moving to the House.  

 

Reporting from the State Capitol, I'm Madeline Odle.