Hot Springs, Arkansas - A hospital in Arkansas has isolated its entire intensive care unit and isn't admitting new patients due to the outbreak of a potentially deadly drug-resistant bacterial infection. All ICU patients at St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs, Ark., have been isolated and forced to remain in the unit, said Dr. Vineet Chopra, director of the hospital's medicine program and the chair of the infection control committee.
The drug-resistant bacteria known as acinetobacter affected six critically ill patients so far, four of them in intensive care and the other two in the general medical population, Chopra said. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Fon Monkey
The drug-resistant bacteria known as acinetobacter affected six critically ill patients so far, four of them in intensive care and the other two in the general medical population, Chopra said. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Fon Monkey
