| One would think this would be mandatory. Nope. | | | | - placing reminder signs on hospital doors to wash |
| Pennsylvania hospitals are the only ones in the States | | | | hands |
| that are required to disclose hospital-induced | | | | - placing other related signs on medical equipment and |
| infections leading to death - nosocomial infections we | | | | patients room doors |
| medical folks call it. Big words make us sound smart | | | | - installing many more hand sanitizers What happened |
| when all we do is cause the 3rd leading cause of | | | | then? |
| death in the USA. | | | | In 7 days only, there were zero hospital caused |
| What?! | | | | deaths by nosocomial infections. Only 7 days. |
| Yep. Doctors and Hospitals rank #3 for leading cause | | | | In a year, that hospital only had 1 nosocomial |
| of death in the USA. Why? Nosocomial infections. | | | | infection that led to death. |
| And only good ol' PA is required to disclose how | | | | Makes you wonder doesn't it? |
| many infections they cause. | | | | A classmate of mine saw a nurse debriding - |
| One hospital that I saw on PBS about this had 90 | | | | removing dead tissue - from a patient without gloves |
| deaths in a month - a month - from hospital borne | | | | on her hands. |
| infections. Why? The Chief Medical Officer went | | | | Try to find out how many nosocomial infections |
| around sniffing out the problem and discovered that | | | | leading to death are in your hospital. If you cannot, |
| nurses, techs and whoever else all washed their | | | | write your congressperson. |
| hands differently or - not at all. | | | | We need to know. |
| He demanded that in 90 days there be a serious | | | | If we demand the right to know, then I bet you that |
| reduction in nosocomial infections leading to death. | | | | nosocomial infections leading to death will no longer |
| He did this by | | | | be the 3rd leading cause of death. It may be the |
| - educating all - all - hospital staff how to properly | | | | 300th - where it should be. |
| wash hands. | | | | |