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References for "More scrutiny on spread of infections; health care industry resists surveillance."  http://www.kentucky.com/2013/02/12/2513076/ky-voices-more-scrutiny-on-spread.html 

Articles about the Child taken to Mexico:

http://todayhealth.today.com/_news/2012/12/05/15699174-dad-of-missing-cancer-patient-11-shes-in-very-good-hands

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2246999/Emily-Bracamontes-Girl-leukemia-speaks-mother-removed-Phoenix-hospital.html

Article regarding the use of a few studies to argue against surveillance:

A Perspective on the Evidence Regarding Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance. J Patient Saf. 2012 Aug 7. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22874134 FREE ACCESS
http://journals.lww.com/journalpatientsafety/Fulltext/2012/09000/
A_Perspective_on_the_Evidence_Regarding.6.aspx 

Data on hospital rooms not being clean can be found at Hospital Compare:

 www.hospitalcompare.com 

Good Op Ed on CRE.  

When Hospitals Become Killers -- Op-Ed WSJ. CRE is a deadly infection that is becoming more common in the United States. It kills up to 40% of those it infects. ""The outbreak (CRE) was finally contained by implementing tougher standards," said the NIH researchers—standards tougher than CDC guidelines."
http://online.wsj.com/article/
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