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Kansas Hospitals Making Progress on Infections

By Bryan Thompson
Published September 27, 2013 at 12:53 PM CDT
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Joey Scaletta, Kansas Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Director, presents the first-ever report on these infections at a conference in Wichita Thursday. (Photo by Bryan Thompson)

Medical professionals are increasingly concerned about the incidence of infections that patients contract while they are in hospitals for treatment. But a statewide report indicates that Kansas hospitals are making progress in fighting those kinds of infections. Kansas Public Radio’s Bryan Thompson has more.

 
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Bryan Thompson
Bryan Thompson has been KPR's Health Reporter since 2000. He's a lifelong Kansan, and a graduate of Wichita State University. He's been involved in radio news longer than he'd care to admit, serving as news director at stations in El Dorado, Liberal, and Salina before joining KPR. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of six outstanding children--one of whom now looks down on them from above. In his spare time, Bryan enjoys music and sports.
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