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C H I C A G O — Bundles of interventions aimed at reducing ventilator-assisted pneumonia and central line bloodstream infections in intensive care units significantly lowered infection rates only when all of the components were implemented correctly, according to a survey of hospitals participating in the National Healthcare Safety Network of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings have implications for the development of recommendations and mandatory reporting requirements for hospitals, said Patricia Stone, Ph.D., of the Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, in a poster at the annual research meeting of AcademyHealth. “Policy makers must consider that different settings may have different problems,” she said. Reporting requirements are time consuming and could potentially hinder hospitals’ efforts to zero in on the Experts Outline Therapy for H1N1, Seasonal Flu