Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog

For a medical malpractice lawyer proving the source of an infection and that it was caused by negligence has always been a challenge. Christopher Lee of the Washington Post reports:

Infections acquired in hospitals, which take a heavy toll on patients, arise mainly from poor hygiene in hospital procedures, not from how sick patients were when they were admitted, according to three new studies. The studies, published yesterday in the American Journal of Medical Quality, provide new evidence for experts who argue that hospitals could prevent many of the growing number of infections that afflict patients nationwide, cost billions of dollars to treat and are responsible for thousands of deaths each year."

Christopher Lee, Washington Post, 11/21/06
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/20/AR2006112001122.html