Berthoud Community Library District

Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are among the top ten leading causes of death in the United States. Colorado recognizes the seriousness of this public health problem and passed the HAI reporting legislation in 2006. House bill 1045 requires hospitals, hospital units, ambulatory surgery centers and dialysis centers to report healthcare-associated infections using the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). This legislation created the Patient...

Baxter Richardson survived a fall from a cliff while hiking in the mountains. His survival depends on the machines that help him breathe, the unstable wife who wants to pull the plug, the father who wants him alive for reasons of love and money, the conflicting legal documents that send the fight to court, the music of a gifted church pianist, and especially the surprising grace of God.

When Saffy moves into 9 Skelton Place with boyfriend Tom and sets about renovations, the last thing she expects is workmen uncovering two bodies. Forensics indicate the bodies have been buried for thirty years - much to Saffy's relief. Until the police's murder investigation turns to the cottage's former owner - her grandmother, Rose. But Rose is in a care home, Alzheimer's increasingly confusing her memories. As the police dig ever deeper and Rose...

For a class assignment, law student Rudy Baylor is required to provide free legal advice to a group of senior citizens. He stumbles onto one of the largest cases of insurance fraud ever seen.

Alan and Lauren Gregory's new neighbors - a legend in women's rights law and his beautiful wife - throw a house-warming party that ends in quiet disaster. One guest elects to spend the night, only to wake the next morning with no memory of getting ready for bed. Aware that something went terribly wrong, she goes to the police. A national celebrity is soon accused of rape. Lauren, a deputy DA, and detective Sam Purdy both learn facts they can't share...

Harry Benson suffers from violent seizures. So much so that he requires a police guard when entering a Los Angeles hospital for treatment. Dr. Roger McPherson, head of the prestigious Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, is convinced he can cure Benson through a procedure known as stage three. During this highly specialized surgery, electrodes are placed deep in Benson's brain, sending monitored soothing pulses to its pleasure canyons. The operation is...

"Elin Summerall was one of the lucky ones. Not only did she get a heart transplant, but the donor was a perfect fit. A miraculously perfect fit. But when Elin begins having violent flashbacks--and vivid dreams of being strangled--she realizes that she has been the recipient of more than just a new heart: Elin is remembering her donor's murder"--Page 4 of cover.