If you contracted a dangerous infection while in the hospital, a Southfield avoidable infection malpractice lawyer can help you collect the funds you are owed.
Patients expect a reasonable standard of care while undergoing medical treatment, not more illness. The experienced, compassionate medical malpractice attorneys at Thurswell Law are ready to fight aggressively on your behalf. We have helped many medical malpractice victims get the compensation they deserve, and we look forward to helping you, too.
What Can Cause an Avoidable Infection?
When patients visit their healthcare provider, they expect quality medical care. Unfortunately, many hospitals and institutions are understaffed, and medical professionals are often overburdened and overworked.
While doctors, surgeons, nurses, and other care providers deserve our profound respect, they can also make human errors. This is especially true when they are overtired and stressed.
An overworked healthcare provider may fail to clean their hands thoroughly between patients, fail to use sterilized instruments, or forget to remove or replace a catheter on schedule. All these minor errors can lead to hazardous diseases among patients.
Hospitals are not the only places where someone could contract an avoidable infection. Nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, and elder care homes that provide some medical care are often responsible for avoidable infections among their residents. Our attorneys in Southfield can determine the cause and liable parties after an avoidable infection causes harm.
What are the Most Common Avoidable Infections in Healthcare Settings?
Common avoidable infections one may pick up while hospitalized include:
- Sepsis
- Surgical Site Infections (SSIs)
- Hospital-Aquired Pneumonia (HAP)
- Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP)
- And Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs)
Of them all, hospital-acquired pneumonia is the most common. Other, less common but still serious, avoidable illnesses include Staphylococcus (“Staph”) bacterial infections and Gangrene, a painful, fatal skin infection associated with bedsores.
What Happens When a Patient Becomes Ill with an Avoidable Infection?
In the best circumstances, a healthcare staffer notices the infection right away. Sometimes they do not, until the patient’s family points out their declining health, or they notice a fever, unusual smells, odd colorations, or other signs of infection.
Next, the patient will probably undergo some tests, usually blood tests or chest X-rays, to confirm a diagnosis before a course of strong antibiotics is prescribed.
Unfortunately, victims of avoidable infections may spend an extra six months or more in the hospital being treated for a disease they picked up there. In the worst cases, a patient may pass away from a hospital-acquired avoidable infection.
Surviving patients will pay extra medical bills, spend much more time in the hospital, miss work or school, and pay for additional childcare or help around the home. In this situation, a patient should immediately contact an avoidable infection malpractice lawyer in Southfield.
Call a Southfield Avoidable Infection Malpractice Attorney Today
A talented, experienced Southfield avoidable infection malpractice lawyer can help you and your family through this very difficult time. We at Thurswell Law can help you collect the compensation you deserve for medical bills, childcare costs, missed wages, and more.
If you cannot make it to our office because of your illness, we will gladly come to you. We are also fluent in Arabic, Albanian, Spanish, and Chaldean. If you or your family member is not fluent in English, we can still help. Contact us today to book an appointment. We look forward to fighting tirelessly on your behalf.
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