Hospital Acquired Disease And Infection

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities commonly forget their obligation to provide patients with a clean and safe environment in which to receive medical care. In fact, a 2002 investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that about 1.7 million healthcare associated infections (HAIs) and approximately 99,000 related fatalities happened in American hospitals in that year alone. The sad thing is, many resulted from neglect (failing to exercise that level of skill and care generally required of professionals under similar conditions) on the part of a healthcare facility employees and/or doctors. A skilled injury law firm will have experience representing individuals injured by hospital acquired infections and diseases and be ready to work with you.

Use of equipment which is not effectively sterilized or disinfected is a major safety issue and a major cause of the transmission of HAIs and disease. This can be illustrated by a recent newspaper article which reports that as many as 1200 veterans might have been exposed to an infection after undergoing treatment with improperly sterilized equipment in the ENT center at the Veterans Administration Hospital (VA) in Fort Stewart GA. (Augusta Chronicle 9/9/09) Treatments which utilize endoscopes, syringes, medical instruments, multi-dose vials as well as other types of reusable equipment require diligence in sterilization and disinfection by the medical practitioners. More often than not, however, negligence occurs and an infection or disease is transmitted to a normally healthy individual.

Types of infections and diseases often transmitted are:

• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis B
• E-Coli
• Salmonella
• Tuberculosis
• HIV (AIDS)
• Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
• Staphylococcus (Staph infection)

If you or someone you know has experienced this sort of injury, call a skilled personal injury lawyer for a free consultation to find out about filing a medical malpractice claim.

Select Personal Injury Law Firms in Savannah immediately if you have been seriously injured by an accidental injury.

Accident Lawyers in Savannah GA could be able to get you the compensation that’s rightfully yours.

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