Sometimes hospital visits can make patients even sicker than they were when they came in the door. Dangerous germs lurk on the hands of hospital staff. Overuse of antibiotics is leaving patients vulnerable to infections that can be deadly. For a special report published today, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution studied detailed infection data for every hospital in the greater Atlanta region. The AJC found that some hospitals that many consider to be the best in town are posting some of the worst infection rates in the nation. Read the AJC’s story and access a new, data-rich interactive with infection information about every hospital in metro Atlanta.

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