Don't Let a Hospital Kill You

That is the title of a new article I found on CNN today. The article points out that, according to the CDC, 99,000 people die annually from hospital-acquired infections. In other words, people are going into hospitals for ailments, often times non-threatening, and end up dying due to an infection that they acquire IN THE HOSPITAL! It is a common misconception that hospitals are the cleanest place on earth. Rather, than are riddled with germs, germs that can cause serious, life-threatening infections.

I have a friend who was in the hospital preparing to birth her second child, and her husband found, and was stabbed by, a used needle laying on the ground (I believe it was kind of under the t.v. hutch). How scary is that?! To make matters even more serious, her oldest son (who was two at the time) was in the room playing with his cousin. What if they had been the ones to pick the needle up?

Anyway, check out this article to see ways that you can best protect yourself if you do have to be admitted into a hospital:

Don't Let a Hospital Kill You