Hospital safety: your responsibility or theirs?

AJC.COM  April 28, 2013  By Carrie Teegardin  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  –  Airline passengers don’t review the preflight checklist with the pilot, and restaurant customers aren’t expected to check the kitchen and the staff for cleanliness.

But many health care experts say it’s wise for hospital patients and their families to ask doctors and nurses to wash their hands, remove unnecessary catheters and explain how they will prevent an infection from developing after surgery.

The advice is an acknowledgement of reality: a hospital can be a dangerous place to spend the night.  Read more