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Improve South Orange County's Hospital Infection Programs It is a miracle that 63-year-old Marion Costa survived her
hospital infection nightmare. On average, ten Americans die
every hour from an infection acquired in a local U.S. hospital.
In 2003, Marion was rushed to the hospital because of a life threatening gastrointestinal bleed. After giving Marion two pints of blood, hospital staff left an IV line in her arm in case she needed additional transfusions. A few days later, Marion became disoriented and developed a 105-degree fever. She was diagnosed with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Her doctor took one look at the outdated IV line that was still in her arm after six days, and said he now knew the source of her infection. Unfortunately, that was just the beginning of Marion’s hospital infection ordeal. A week later she developed further complications, including a blood infection due to the IV line used to administer her antibiotics. She was treated with eight different antibiotics to treat the blood infection. But you can help reverse this epidemic. Governor
Schwarzenegger can direct California’s health department to assess
each hospital's prevention program and let the public know which
hospitals are taking this deadly epidemic seriously.
Sign
our petition to Governor Schwarzenegger today»
Thank you for helping to make our hospitals safer!
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