Dirty Hospitals, Dangerous Infections

Shouldn't hospitals maintain cleanliness in order to prevent their patients from contracting anything else? Patients trust hospitals with their lives, however, dirty rooms and equipment are enhancing the inadequacy of hospitals to remain clean. What is it that make hospitals more dirty? In...

Tereza Tosbell has spent twelve years of her life cleaning homes, however, she never realized that one day she would be cleaning a hospital room where she was an admitted patient. Tosbell stayed in a hospital room for three days and later could not handle how dirty her room was. For this...

Although hospitals are considered a safe haven to one's health, they have also proven to be just as harmful. For a variety of reasons, hospitals have transmitted infections to their patients. The lack of hygiene and not following certain procedures have allowed bacteria to flourish. From...

Dirty hospitals are not just a problem in the United States, but in fact across the world. According to the Daily Mail, a British publication, approximately 8000 patients died from MRSA or other forms of bacteria due to dirty hospitals. The government has made an attempt to make sure...

Dorothy Etheridge, a New Hampshire resident, and Brad Moors of New York were both victims of infections contracted from hospitals. Hospital infections are listed as the eighth-leading cause of death, a surprising fact. In order to prevent any future deaths because of inadequate hospitals,...

Dick Schaap, a sportswriter, was another victim of hospital infections. Schaap was admitted to a New York City hospital for a hip-replacement surgery however, he later died because of an infection he contracted from the hospital. His wife commented on how it now becomes difficult to listen to...

Some like to point fingers at negligent doctors and nurses for infections garnered at hospitals while others blame the entire health-system. The reduction of staffing and communication between lab researchers and doctors can become hectic and harmful toward patients. Situations such as...

Swedish Medical Center, one of Washington state's biggest hospitals, was listed as having high infection rates caused by tubes which are inserted into patients. In order to bring down the number of infections, the hospital has begun to report all cases on a new website. Reporting all of the...