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STAFF INFECTION FROM HOSPITAL STAY

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SANDY SENNETT

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WHILE I WAS A PATIENT IN A MISSISSIPPI HOSPITAL IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE NURSING STAFF TO STICK MY FINGERS EVERY FEW HRS TO CHECK MY BLOOD SUGAR, BECUASE THE MEDICATION THEY WERE GIVING ME COULD CAUSE IT TO GO WAY UP. THIS HOSPITAL WAS EXTREMELY UNCLEAN AND THAT CONCERNED ME DURING MY STAY AND I MENTIONED IT TO THE NURSES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WITH NO RESULTS. WHEN I RETURNED HOME AFTER A FEW DAYS TWO FINGERS ON MY LEFT HAD BEGAN TO SWELL AND BECOME VERY PAINFULL, AFTER A FEW DAY OF MY DOCTORING THEM AT HOME I WENT IN TO SEE A DR. HE IMMEDIATLY OPENED THEM AND DRAINED THEM AND PUT ME ON TWO DIFFERENT ANTIBIOTICS. THIS PROCEDURE WAS REPEATED ABOUT EVERY 3 DAYS AND THE MEDICATION CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES. IT GOT SO BAD THAT THE DR. TOLD ME THAT IF WE DID NOT GET THE INFECTIONS CLEARED UP THAT I WAS IN DANGER OF LOOSING MY FINGERS. AFTER THE LAST CHANGE OF ANTIBIOTICS THEY BEGAN TO IMPROVE AND WE FELT LIKE WE WERE GAINING GROUND, BUT THEN THE INDEX FINGER ON MY RIGHT HAND BEGAN TO DO THE SAME THING.. THIS TIME THE DR. TRIED A NEW APPROACH, HE INSERTED A DRAIN TUBE IN THAT FINGER( REALLY PAINFULL) AND AFTER A FEW DAYS IT WAS REALLY LOOKING GREAT SO HE REMOVED IT. NOW 5 DAYS AFTER REMOVAL IT IS SWELLED AGAIN AND TODAY HE WILL REINSERT THE DRAIN TUBE ( I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT FUN).
MY QUESTIONS IS CAN I HOLD THE HOSPITAL RESPONSIBLE, I HAVE LOST TIME FROM WORK AND DUE TO THE PROLONGED INFECTIONS, I HAVE LOST FEELING IN THE FINGERS EFFECTED. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW. THANK YOU
 


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PamSJS

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Dear Sandy;

Did your doctor culture the drainage to determine if it is indeed a staph infection? Are you a diabetic? Why were you in the hospital?

Answer these questions and I will try to help you.

Pam

 
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SANDY SENNETT

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STAFF INFECTION

YES IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED AS STAFF INFECTION. I AM NOT A DIABETIC. I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE I HAD A STROKE OF THE OPTIC NERVE THAT DESTROYED MY VISION IN MY LEFT EYE. THE DR. ADMITTED ME TO DO BIOPISES OF THE TEMPERAL ARTERY, AND TO PUT ME ON CORTISONE THERAPY IV TO KEEP IT FROM SPREADING TO THE RIGHT EYE. BECAUSE THE CORTISONE CAN CAUSE YOU TO BECOME DIABETIC, THERE CAME IN EVERY FEW HRS TO STICK MY FINGERS AND KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON MY SUGAR LEVEL.
HOPE THIS HELPS YOU HELP ME. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL.
P.S. I'VE JUST COME BACK FROM HAVING ANOTHER DRAIN TUBE PUT IN ANOTHER INFECTED FINGER. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN END TO THIS.
 
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PamSJS

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Dear Sandy;

Thanks for answering. I sympathize with your predicament; folks expect to get better when they are admitted to the hospital, not worse. Unfortunately, hospital acquired infection is not unusual. Under normal circumstances, proper antibiotic therapy and wound care will usually resolve the problem. When it doesn't, as in your case, and you suffer injury, the hospital is liable for negligence.

My first suggestion would be for you to file a formal complaint with the hospital licensing agency/authority in your state. You can contact the State Department of Health and Human Resources and they will instruct you as to what you need to do. An investigation will be conducted and the hospital will be cited for any deficiencies.

Next, get copies of all of your hospital records. Have them in hand when you begin to seek the services of a personal injury attorney who has experience in medical malpractice/negligence.

Best of luck to you. If I can help you further, please feel free to contact me by e-mail: [email protected]
Pam

[Edited by PamSJS on 01-04-2001 at 12:25 PM]
 

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