Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder has provided legal representation for clients throughout Connecticut (CT) since its founding in 1936. Attorneys at Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder offer their services in several medical malpractice areas, including hospital acquired-infections stemming from a hospital's negligence.
Hospitals are susceptible to infection outbreaks, as many immune-compromised patients are often in proximity to patients battling acute infections. More than 1.7 million hospital patients in the U.S. contract infections each year during their hospital stay. Nearly six percent of these hospital-acquired infections are fatal. Hospital administrators and their staff are responsible for mitigating the risk of hospital-acquired infections.
Prevention is increasingly important due to the emergence of so-called superbugs, or bacterial strains that have grown resistant to standard courses of treatment. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes an improvement framework known as the Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP). TAP helps healthcare providers pinpoint hospital units with high infection rates and focus improvement efforts on those sections.
The federal government levies severe fines and penalties on hospitals that do not take adequate steps to lower their infection rates.
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