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Healthcare Acquired Infections - Call for Cases

Have you survived a hospital acquired infection?

 

Dr. Maryanne McGuckin, former University of Pennsylvania faculty/staff member has been actively involved in consumer and patient empowerment as it relates to hospital acquired infections.  She has just completed a paper for the WHO that will be in the Global Challenge Safe Care in Fall 2008.

 

Dr. Mcguckin is currently writing a self-help book for consumers on the simple, effective strategies that should be practiced  when hospitalized to prevent an infection.  As part of the self-help book, she will be including cases of patients that acquired an infection in the hospital and will show how the simple practices she advocates may have prevented an infection. If you or someone you know developed a hospital acquired infection such as: SSI (infection after surgery. RTI (respiratory infection such as pneumonia).UTI (urinary tract infection from having a catheter). BSI (blood stream infection (sepsis), MRSA infection or any other infection that you got after being hospitalized and would like to discuss the case with Dr. Mcguckin for her book, please contact her directly at mcguckin@...  with your contact information.