Hospitals aren't anywhere near as clean and safe as they should be, according to an investigation by Consumer Reports.
It's long been known that hospital infections are a major health hazard. According to the Center for Disease Control, roughly 75,000 Americans die every year from infections acquired at hospitals, more than double the number who die in car accidents.
More than a third of those deaths—27,000—are attributed to a deadly superbug, Clostridium difficile (C. diff). Another 8,000 die from methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Consumer Reports tracked the prevalence of these two common infections, which have experienced dramatic growth due to the overuse of antibiotics.
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