Hospital Infections in Tampa,
Florida & Surrounding Facilities: Should You Contact
an Attorney?
According to the Committee to Reduce
Infection Deaths, hospital infections kill more Americans
each year than car accidents, breast cancer, and AIDS
combined. Ending the lives of at least 103,000 people
annually, hospital infections also add more than $30 billion
to our nation's yearly health care costs. Not only is
it upsetting to discover that someone can be hurt, instead
of healed, by hospital care, but it is also frustrating
to find out that almost all hospital infections could
be avoided altogether. This fact is true in large Tampa,
St Petersburg, and Clearwater hospitals as well as regional
care centers in Seminole Heights, Town 'n' Country, Brandon,
Lutz, Riverview, Sun City Center, Carrollwood, Dade City,
Seffner, and Ybor City.
If that were not bad enough, hospital
infections also can lead to major surgeries, limb loss,
organ loss, blindness, deafness, and more. This fact means
that, if you go into a Tampa area hospital for any reason,
be it chest pains or car accident injuries, you could
end up with further injury caused by drug-resistant bacteria
that entered your body through an IV, surgical instrument,
or other hospital equipment.
One of the worst hospital infections
you may come into contact with is methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, a so-called "superbug"
that doesn't respond to most antibiotics. In 1993, fewer
than 2,000 MSRA infections were reported at US hospitals.
By 2005, there were 368,000 MSRA hospital infections,
and in 2007, that number increased to 880,000 MSRA hospital
infection victims per year. And this is just one of many
hospital infections that may be passed onto you.
Hospital infections are a terrifying
prospect, and they are also one more reason why you should
contact a Tampa car accident lawyer
immediately after a crash with serious injuries. By contacting
an attorney right away, you will have an advocate in place
to help keep track of the medical care you receive, as
well as fight for your right to compensation for your
injuries—whether those injuries occurred as a direct result
of your car accident or as a result of negligent medical
care.
To find out more about hospital infections
and what is being done on a national level to prevent
them, visit www.hospitalinfectionrates.org. Or, if you
need to speak to an attorney in the Tampa, FL area about
injuries or hospital infections you or a loved one suffered,
whether they result from a car accident or not, please
contact the law offices of Dale Appell, P.A. for a free
initial consultation about your experience.
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