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Data on hospital infections called helpful: Reading Hospital and St. Joseph Medical Center officials say they are looking to provide more accurate information for next year's report.

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| November 15, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Reading Eagle. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jason Brudereck

Nov. 15--Although not entirely reliable when comparing hospitals, data on infection rates among patients at Pennsylvania's 168 hospitals is still useful, medical professionals and consumer advocates said Tuesday.

"While you shouldn't be comparing hospital to hospital, it does give us an opportunity to talk to other hospitals to say, 'You have a very low infection rate, so what are you doing?' " said Dr. Samuel Alfano, vice president of medical affairs at St. Joseph Medical Center.

Both local hospitals believe there may be some inaccuracies in a report released Tuesday by a state agency that studied the rate of infections…

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