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Stephen C Schimpff's Blog Posts Tagged 'hospitals' (1)

Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Are A Major Threat – Preventing Transmission is Critical

Imagine a person that develops an acute problem that requires hospitalization and even a time in the ICU. Serious but something that modern medical care can deal with and cure. Until …the patient now develops an unexpected serious infection and despite excellent and appropriate medical care, dies. Unfortunately this scenario is all too common in today’s hospitals.

 

More than 100,000 Americans die each year from hospital acquired infections; that is the infection developed only…

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Added by Stephen C Schimpff on July 4, 2012 at 3:16pm — No Comments

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