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- Common Causes of Hospital-Acquired Infections
Jul 19, 2017
Patients go to the hospital seeking effective treatment for a medical condition. They certainly do not desire or hope to get sicker while they are there. An infection acquired while you are in the hospital, however, can do serious damage. Whether caused by a virus, bacteria, or fungi, these infections can be difficult to treat and, in some cases, can even result in death. Here are some of the most common causes of healthcare-associated infections,...Read More - The Truth About Hospital “Patient Dumping”
Nov 28, 2013
Patient dumping can be extremely harmful when people are taken out of a hospital and either sent to a different one, or simply dropped off at homeless shelter. While laws have been passed and heavy fines have been levied in the past decade that have somewhat cut down on the problem, there are still patients who find themselves being ushered out of hospitals and into the unknown. Generally, there are two different types of patients...Read More - Patient Dumping and the Mentally Ill
Nov 8, 2013
Perhaps the worst outcome for the mentally ill is being cut off from support networks and placed in a position where they genuinely have nowhere to go. In some cities and states, the practice of “patient dumping” has become the answer for authorities struggling to manage burgeoning caseloads of social workers in mental health. A History of Patient Dumping The “patient dumping” phenomenon isn’t new. Reports of patients with serious illnesses and limited funds being...Read More - Can You Protect Yourself From Hospital-Based Infections?
Oct 25, 2013
A hospital-based infection is also known as a nosocomial infection in the medical literature. These types of infections are engendered in the hospital environment itself. For instance, just the act of visiting a loved one in the hospital or conversing with hospital staff could increase the likelihood of developing a hospital-based infection. Etiology and Risks of Hospital-based Infections Patients with weakened immune systems are especially prone to fungal and bacterial infections in a hospital setting...Read More - The Dangers of the Hospital Emergency Room
Sep 9, 2013
Jeff Cramer* was experiencing severe abdominal pain so he went to the emergency room of his local hospital. Blood work at the hospital demonstrated an abnormally high white blood count which is evidence of inflammation and infection. High doses of narcotics did not relieve the abdominal pain. An x-ray obstruction series was ordered. Several hours passed before all the testing was accomplished. The obstruction series showed a developing partial bowel obstruction which is a potentially dangerous...Read More - New Book Details How Hospitals Facilitated New Jersey’s Killer Nurse
Jun 4, 2013
In his new book, The Good Nurse, Charles Graeber does more than expose the crimes of Charles Cullen, a nurse whose indiscriminate lethal injections of patients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania may make him the most prolific serial killer in history. Mr. Graeber also exposes that The Story of the Killer Nurse Cullen worked as a night nurse at many area hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. When he was unsupervised, he would select...Read More