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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The medical community is united in its concern |
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| over the rapid spread of drug-resistant bacteria including |
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| methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and
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| WHEREAS, In August of 2007, the State of Illinois passed |
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| legislation requiring public reporting of MRSA in all acute |
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| care hospitals using ICD-9-CM codes from hospital discharge |
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| data; and
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| WHEREAS, The National Healthcare Surveillance Network |
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| (NHSN), developed by the Centers for Disease Control and |
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| Prevention (CDC), is a secure, internet-based surveillance |
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| system that integrates patient and healthcare personnel safety |
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| surveillance systems managed by the Division of Healthcare |
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| Quality Promotion (DHQP) at CDC; and
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| WHEREAS, The states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, |
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| Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, |
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| South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington |
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| have designated NHSN in legislative mandates requiring |
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| hospitals to report healthcare-associated infections; and
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| WHEREAS, Analysis indicates that discharge data |
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| underestimate the true number of MRSA infections and do not |