Posts tagged hospital acquired infections

• MRSA Attacks Skin

  Frank Bailey | April 23, 2009 3:42 PM | 3 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I have been blogging about MRSA for the last few weeks: MRSA: Can It Come From Food Animals. Today thought my readers might want to see what MRSA can do when it attacks a person’s skin. This...

• Swine Flu...Is It Worth $1.5 Billion Dollars?

  Frank Bailey | April 30, 2009 10:59 AM | 7 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Last night President Obama went out of his way to change the name of this virus to the more scientific H1N1 and pledged $1.5 billion dollars to fight a possible pandemic. I am thinking, how about...

• MRSA Invades The House Of Representatives Gym

  Frank Bailey | April 15, 2009 5:04 PM | 20 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  MRSA has invaded the House of Representatives gym. The gym is used by some of the most powerful people in government. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, is a regular. I have been blogging...

• Hospital Acquired Infections Are Preventable

  Frank Bailey | January 26, 2009 6:06 PM | 2 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Every year 99,000 people die from hospital acquired infections according the Center for Disease Control. Only recently has the government stepped in to do something about this tragedy. But the...

• Did The Late Rep. John Murtha Die From a Preventable Medical Error?

  Frank Bailey | February 09, 2010 11:05 AM | 5 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Fox News is reporting the congressman's large intestine was damaged during gallbladder surgery. The gallbladder surgery was performed at the National Naval Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Rep. Bob...

• More Steps to Prevent Hospital Acquired Infections

  Frank Bailey | March 11, 2009 10:21 AM | 1 CommentMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Does the infection rate of your surgeon make a difference in your outcome? You bet! As I have said before, don’t be afraid to ask your surgeon well before your planned surgery of his infection...

• Hospital Acquired Infections Can Be Prevented

  Frank Bailey | February 03, 2010 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Some hospitals have a zero rate of central line infections, while others have over 200% more infections than normal. How can this be? Let’s look at the data. Central line infections occur...

• MRSA: Can It Come From Food Animals?

  Frank Bailey | April 22, 2009 4:17 PM | 9 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Ever dream of being eaten alive by trillions of microbes? Since I started blogging about MRSA, C. diff. and VRE, I have. Take a look at my previous blogs; MRSA in the House of Representatives Gym...

• Guidelines For Preventing MRSA And VRE

  Frank Bailey | April 13, 2009 3:53 PM | 9 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Thanks to Michael Bennett for his comment and link to the 2003 SHEA Guidelines for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus. The...

• Steps to Lower Your Chance of Getting a Hospital Acquired Infection

  Frank Bailey | January 31, 2009 3:00 PM | 1 CommentMountain Home, AR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  If you need surgery, choose a surgeon with a low infection rate. You should not be afraid to ask your doctor about his infection rate. If your doctor is offended, or won’t tell you, find...