[blam]

"It's a shame. My sister went to the hospital for a routine procedure to remove kidney stones. She caught a staff infection called CDIFF, not sure of the acronym spelling, from the hospital and died."

Hospitals Fail To Report Spread Of New Superbug 'More Dangerous Than MRSA'

"The shambolic state of infection control on wards is exposed in a survey by the Patients' Association. It found only about a quarter of trusts are gathering data on Clostridium difficile (C. diff), the bacterium that experts say poses more of a risk to public health than MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus)."

[duckman]

Thanks for the info. The hospital is Valley Hospital in Ridgewood NJ, Bergen County). It is supposed to be a very good hospital.