Hospital Acquired Infection....3/22

This a double YouTube, so if you are unable to view the streaming video, it's going to be fairly frustrating...but I'll try to explain. This clip is a presentation for Planetree affiliated hospitals. They say they "demistify" healthcare and have a far different perspective on care. The hospital he tells about has a condo-style senior citizen facility--attached to the hospital.

They have 24hr visiting, pajama bottoms, room service, and more...and they have a less than 1% hospital acquired infection rate...national average is about 10%. I don't know what ours is....

That folds into a clip dealing with MRSA...and if you walk down the halls of the South Campus, you will generally see isolation carts. However, with staffing shortages, and the increased push towards taking on more, are we taking the proper steps?

The clip talks about sharing information with other community hospitals, to slow the spread. The full isolation procedures will help...if everyone uses them. When you see isolation rooms multiply to other rooms on the same hall which haven't admitted new patients, then it's the hospital's fault...by training, staffing, or procedure....


Why do you think that hospital workers get sick so often? Because they're exposed to a concentrated mass of sick people...and they've built up some immunity! Think of the poor patient that hasn't, and has second-hand exposure to all those bugs...while already weak from an illness or surgery....