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Public Service Announcement: HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS ["HAI"]
Dear Friends:
I recently received the email which follows from Ms. Barbara Dunn, of HAI Watch News, an affiliate of Kimberly-Clark Health Care. It deals with some of the real-life infection hazards, some of which can be debilitating or fatal, which are all-too-often caused during the course of a routine healthcare visit, medical procedure or treatment. Simply stated...you can check into the hospital for a minor procedure and wind up with a life-threatening infection. The better-informed you are about the nature of this danger, the more proactive that you can be in minimizing your own risks, and those of the ones whom you love.
Some years back, school teachers would quote Poor Richard's and chant, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
While I heartily agree with that sentiment, I would also suggest that you remember the old Internal Energy Plus/ TNNW equation: KNOWLEDGE + APPLICATION = POWER. Educate yourself and stay healthy!
I found the hyperlink in Barbara's letter to be of great interest. Please read on, and click on the link in the letter.
Faithfully, and wishing you the best of health,
Douglas Castle
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Douglas:
One thing everyone can agree on, no matter where they come down on the current health care debates, is that no one should get sick as a result of visiting the doctor.
Hospitals are rightfully expected to get you better but that's not always the case. Sometimes people are picking up infections, from pneumonia to antibiotic-resistant staph (MRSA), while under treatment for other health problems, or even while just in the hospital having a baby. That's a situation that could, and should, be completely avoidable.
Kimberly-Clark Health Care is on the forefront of protecting patients from Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and has put together a site dedicated to that prevention called HAI Watch: Not on My Watch. The site has information for both healthcare professionals and healthcare consumers.
I would like to ask for your help getting the word out on The National Networker. Here's a microsite which explains everything. Please use any of the images, logos, videos, etc, on your site:
http://www.haiwatchnews.com/
Please let me know if you have any questions and if you are able to post, I'd really appreciated it if you'd send me the link.
Thank you,
Barbara
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Barbara Dunn
barbara@haiwatchnews.com
http://www.haiwatch.com/
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