Union claims high infection rates in Stanford Hospital dispute 
Medicare penalized Stanford Health Care two years in a row for high hospital-acquired infections

 

"High rates of hospital-acquired Infections at Stanford Health Care have caused Medicare to reduce payments to the hospital for the second year in a row. 
Now, members of Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SErC-UHW), the union that represents 1,800 employees at Stanford Hospital, claim the high rates are because of inadequate staffing and training, union members said during a press conference at Stanford Medical Center on Tuesday. "

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