Comments on: How to keep yourself safe in a hospital http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/how-to-keep-yourself-safe-in-a-hospital Legal Answers from Lawyers Who Know New York & Pennsylvania Law Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Thomas Sharon, R.N., M.P.H http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/how-to-keep-yourself-safe-in-a-hospital/comment-page-1#comment-3414 Thomas Sharon, R.N., M.P.H Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:57:34 +0000 http://www.zifflaw.com/blog/?p=140#comment-3414 Hospital-acquired contagions account for about one half of all hospital complications. Therefore, we are dealing with a problem on a massive scale. There are two basic pieces to learning the cause and control of this dilemma: (1) It is the nature of the beast - infected people go to hospitals because that is where they need to be. (2) Human behavior plays the largest role in the spread of infectious organisms. There are identifiable standards of care to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in hospitals and to prevent infections of various parts of the body arising from sloppy technique. This is an area of provable negligence that often goes unnoticed. Hospital-acquired contagions account for about one half of all hospital complications. Therefore, we are dealing with a problem on a massive scale.

There are two basic pieces to learning the cause and control of this dilemma: (1) It is the nature of the beast – infected people go to hospitals because that is where they need to be. (2) Human behavior plays the largest role in the spread of infectious organisms.

There are identifiable standards of care to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in hospitals and to prevent infections of various parts of the body arising from sloppy technique. This is an area of provable negligence that often goes unnoticed.

]]> By: Ken Farbstein http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/how-to-keep-yourself-safe-in-a-hospital/comment-page-1#comment-1060 Ken Farbstein Fri, 02 May 2008 20:58:46 +0000 http://www.zifflaw.com/blog/?p=140#comment-1060 Thanks for these very good suggestions. An infection also killed CBS journalist Ed Bradley, who had also been hospitalized and very ill. His story, and many others, appear <a href="http://www.PatientSafetyBlog.com/2006/12/ed-bradleys-fatal-infection.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks for these very good suggestions. An infection also killed CBS journalist Ed Bradley, who had also been hospitalized and very ill. His story, and many others, appear here.

]]> By: Julia Hallisy http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/how-to-keep-yourself-safe-in-a-hospital/comment-page-1#comment-1048 Julia Hallisy Fri, 02 May 2008 01:23:23 +0000 http://www.zifflaw.com/blog/?p=140#comment-1048 There are a great number of simple steps patients and their advocates can take to prevent hospital-acquired infections. I devoted an entire chapter of my book entitled "The Empowered Patient: Hundreds of life-saving facts, action steps and strategies you need to know" to infection control and prevention. I an a health care provider and I have spent years researching health acre infections after my late daughter was the victim of a life-threatening staph infection. Thanks for your coverage of this important issue. There are a great number of simple steps patients and their advocates can take to prevent hospital-acquired infections. I devoted an entire chapter of my book entitled “The Empowered Patient: Hundreds of life-saving facts, action steps and strategies you need to know” to infection control and prevention. I an a health care provider and I have spent years researching health acre infections after my late daughter was the victim of a life-threatening staph infection. Thanks for your coverage of this important issue.

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