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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh yesterday, the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) has recognized Allegheny Health Network’s Allegheny General Hospital and Jefferson Hospital for their exemplary performance in delivering safe patient care. HAP’s Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition program, which is now in its seventh year, honors hospitals in Pennsylvania which demonstrate the lowest rates of healthcare-associated infections. Allegheny General Hospital, AHN Jefferson Hospital and twenty other hospitals in Pennsylvania received this recognition.