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| Bucks settles MRSA lawsuit |
| By Courier Times |
| Published: 03/28/2008 |
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PENNSYLVANIA - A class-action lawsuit filed over prison conditions and an outbreak of the MRSA infection at Bucks County's jail has finally been settled after more than five years. A federal judge on Wednesday signed off on a laundry list of measures that have already or will be implemented at the Bucks County Correctional Facility to stem the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Bucks County will pay just $60,000 to cover legal fees and costs, said Doylestown attorney Anita Alberts, who has worked on the case since 2002. Alberts says this lawsuit was never about money; it's about sanitary changes needed at the Doylestown Township facility. The agreement accomplishes some, but not all, she said. MRSA is an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection characterized by pimples, boils and other skin irritations. Cases of MRSA among inmates in the jail came to light in 2001. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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