Staphylococcic Infections in the Hospital and Community

Septic complications due to infection with staphylococci are currently bedeviling the professional staffs and administrators of hospitals. Concordant reports to this effect are becoming available from all medically advanced parts of the world. The Conference on Staphylococcic Infections in the Hospital and Community was convened in Cleveland on Nov. 14,1957, under the authorization of the trustees of the American Medical Association. The American Academy of Pediatrics; the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology; the American College of Surgeons; the American Hospital Association; the American Nurses' Association; the American Society of Clinical Pathologists; the California Department of Public Health; the Communicable Disease Center of the U. S. Public Health Service; the Food and Drug Administration; the Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York; Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; Office of the Surgeon General, U. S.