Surgical and hospital-acquired infections are a leading cause of serious complications in hospitals and freestanding surgery centers in the United States. In some cases, infection is unpreventable, whether because the body reacts poorly to a procedure or simply due to bad luck. However, infection can also be caused by a hospital’s negligence or a doctor’s mistake.
According to the CDC, healthcare-associated infections are on the rise. In fact, 1 in 25 hospital patients will acquire an infection. In the most tragic cases, a hospital-acquired infection causes death. In other cases, patients must suffer additional surgeries or procedures after the infection sets in, resulting in a longer recovery time and a lengthier hospital stay. Abdominal surgeries carry a higher risk of infection, but the reality is that any surgery can result in a serious and life-threatening infection.
At LawMD, many of our medical malpractice lawyers are also physicians who use their clinical knowledge to pursue results and compensation for the clients we serve. No medical procedure is entirely without risk, and outcomes vary depending on the individual patient, but certain mistakes just should not happen. When they do, we are here to demand answers on behalf of injured patients and their families.