Over the last few months, I have seen first hand how hospitals struggle to stop the spread of Staph and Strep infections to little avail.Many healthcare professional don't know how to properly take an efficient culture while swabbing the patient's skin leading to alarming rates of incorrect diagnosis and frantic use of high powdered antibiotics that merely stress that patient more.
"Poor compliance with respiratory protection requirements and proper use recommendations in healthcare settings remains a vexing problem."
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The old saying, “Sick people don't belong in hospitals,” was given new meaning by a recent jury verdict for over $2.5 Million against a heart surgeon and his practice group and a hospital in St. Louis Missouri. The patient was ...
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Some infections are contracted during treatment such as infection that are acquired during hospital stay. Those are called Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI). These infection are expensive to treat and are a major concern to ...
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Labels: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hospital acquired infections, needle stick, workers compensation. Posted by Jon Gelman at Friday, July 01, 2011 · Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook ...
