Comments on: MRSA: Patients Ignored, Left to Die – Redux

By: Thomas Sharon, R.N., M.P.H

Thomas Sharon, R.N., M.P.H — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:36:51 +0000

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: Joseph Foti

Joseph Foti — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:45:09 +0000

To all those who claimed Tameka’s story could not have happend, I wish you never endure what she did. She bleed to death-her blood literally turned to acid- a P.H. of 6.9 and finally succumbed after 11 months of infection, malnourishment and mistreatment at 8:20 a.m. March 13, 2008, after coding and successfully coming back 3 times in 24hr period. Her body was riddled with sores, holes everywhere and in the end her beautiful ebony skin turned blue as the blood and circultion left her body and her organs shut down one after the other. In the end the blood poured out of the ventilator hole in her neck – a hole which stayed open all eleven months of her illness and through her mouth and nose. I know because I spent the night wipping it up with every towel, pillow case and piece of bedding in the ICU. I will forever see these images intermingled with those of our wedding and the birth of our son, when I close my eyes. I promise to work to ensure that no one ever again experiences what she did.
Her loving husband
Joseph

By: vivian geyer

vivian geyer — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:00:32 +0000

My experiences are listed below:
In May 2006 a serious sinus infection was not diagnosed and even after nausea and vomiting and weakness, the ER physician discharged (or threw out) without even drawing blood cultures. Two or three weeks later, was admitted to hospital with staph infection. Finally was treated by an infectious disease physician. (5 or 6 days in the hospital and three weeks at home with IV antibiotics
However, returning to work in the fall of 2006 was not possible. Still remained very weak and unable to function properly. Forced to retire January 1, 07.Experienced right lower quadrant pain for another year and than operation for removal of adhesions Jan 08 and than another staph infection with emergency surgery and months of recovery and wound care and antibiotics by mouth. Still have staph in vagina and recurrent infections.
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By: Medific

Medific — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:37:22 +0000

This is a bacteria designed to kill. HA-MRSA is a hopital problem affecting ill payients. CA-MRSA is affecting healthy adult and children. CDC published a satement “Children born after 200 are likley to die before their parents” Frightening, it may turn out to be true.