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Hospital Acquired Infection Cases
With some medical negligence claims it is not a question of a particular treatment or procedure going wrong but a patient’s condition becoming worse for completely different reasons. In the 1990s in particular little priority seemed to be given to preventing the spread of hospital acquired infections such as ‘MRSA’ (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and ‘C Diff’ (Clostridium Difficile).
Sometimes patients bring these infections into hospital with them. On other occasions they are acquired from hospital staff or the general hospital environment. Developing one of these infections is not of itself evidence of negligence. Both MRSA claims and Clostridium Difficile infection claims require:
- careful analysis of the history of the case
- detailed consideration of the infection control policy and procedures which the hospital has in place such as MRSA screening
- expert evidence from a microbiologist
In certain other cases however the negligence may be the failure to detect that an infection has been acquired and to treat it appropriately. The key thing is to instruct solicitors who know what they are doing and are familiar with these hospital acquired infection claims.
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