State Has Lagged In Inspecting Hospitals For Infection Rates, Consumer Group Claims
Hospitals that have fallen into the gap include Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Los Angeles Times:
California Fails To Inspect Several Dozen Hospitals With High Infection Rates
Scores of California hospitals with high rates of patient infections have not been inspected within the last five years, according to a petition filed Monday by Consumers Union. California law requires hospitals to be inspected every three years, but the state has fallen so far behind that the period has stretched to at least five years for 131 hospitals, the group said. (Peterson, 1/24)
In other hospital news —
San Francisco Business Times:
UCSF's $200M Research Building At Zuckerberg San Francisco General Will Bring Researchers Under Same Roof
UCSF expects final city approvals this month to build a new $200 million research building on the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital campus. The project will bring a staff of 800 researchers spread throughout nine buildings under one roof, and in the process hopefully boost efficiency and collaboration. Many of the current research buildings built in 1915 do not meet seismic safety standards, and UCSF’s research buildings must be shuttered by October 2019. (Siu, 1/24)