,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #gfj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,november #ai1 #bjad
 ,ms4 ,schakowsky submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,oversight and    
,government ,reform  ,,resolution       
,expressing support for designation of  
,october #b1 #bjad1 as ,world ,,mrsa    
,day4  ,whereas ,,mrsa is an acronym for
 methicillin-resistant staphylococcus   
aureus1 which causes deadly infections  
in patients in health care facilities   
and within our communities2 ,whereas the
 ,centers for ,disease ,control and     
,prevention 7,,cdc7 have estimated that 
hospital-acquired ,,mrsa infections     
alone killed more than #aa1bhe ,united  
,states residents in #bjaa2 ,whereas    
patient and consumer organizations      
around the globe are lending their      
voices to the call of world unity in    
leadership and commitment in preventing 
and stopping ,,mrsa1 which is pandemic  
and spreading at alarming rates2        

,whereas leading patient and consumer   
advocates call upon health care         
officials and leaders to step up and    
take a more comprehensive approach to   
eradicate this preventable disease and  
focus on a broad and pro-active         
prevention program2 ,whereas as an      
integral part of its multi-faceted      
program1 the ,,mrsa ,survivors ,network 
7the first consumer organization in the 
,united ,states to raise the alarm      
concerning the ,,mrsa epidemic and other
 multi-drug resistant health            
care-acquired infections7 has announced 
,world ,,mrsa ,day1 which will be held  
on ,october #b1 #bjad1 and is           
commemorated each year on ,october #b1  
and has recognized the month of ,october
 as ,world ,,mrsa ,awareness ,month in  
order to call attention to this         
worldwide epidemic2 and ,whereas the    
,,mrsa ,survivors ,network has announced
 that ,april #a-g1 #bjad1 has been      
designated as ,international ,,mrsa     
,testing ,week in order to call         

attention to this worldwide epidemic3   
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives--  7#a7 supports   
the designation of ,world ,,mrsa ,day2  
and  7#b7 supports the designation of   
,international ,,mrsa ,testing ,week4