Did you know that an antibiotic resistant strain of staph infection now kills an estimated 17,000 people each year—and most people contract this infection during a stay in a hospital?

Hospitals know how to prevent the spread of these dangerous infections—good hand washing, isolation of infected patients, and use of masks, gowns and gloves—but they haven’t taken the necessary steps to make us all safe.

Tell your governor to direct hospitals in Oklahoma to reduce the spread of these dangerous infections and tell you which hospitals do the best job.

If you contract MRSA during a hospital stay, you are four times as likely to die, you will stay in the hospital far longer than you planned, and your charges will triple, according to a recent study.

Some people who contract MRSA during their hospital stay live with it for years, undergo multiple surgeries and are permanently disabled. These dangerous infections were once rare, but are now epidemic.

Your governor can help! Tell your governor to make MRSA prevention a top priority in Oklahoma.

When you finish, be sure and forward this email to people in your address book who might also want to help us prevent the spread of dangerous hospital-acquired infections.

Sincerely,

Jim Guest

President, Consumers Union of the U.S.

101 Truman Avenue Yonkers, NY 10703-1057