Was My Infection Caused By a Florida Hospital Error?

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Hospital visits are difficult for everybody, which is why suffering from an infection afterwards can be so traumatic. People can enter a hospital for one reason, and leave with a condition far worse than why they came. If you have an infection after recently leaving a West Palm Beach hospital, it may have been caused by a preventable medical error.

Understanding the cause of Florida hospital infections is a very complicated legal area. However, many hospital infection cases have a few common features. Ask yourself the following questions:

• Have you had an invasive procedure? These include surgery, insertion of an IV or catheter, injections, or antibiotic use.
• Do you have a swollen or infected-looking wound at the site of a surgery?
• Do you have a general infection, with symptoms like fever, chills, chest pain, or other symptoms of MRSA?
• Did you notice signs of poor sanitation when you were treated? This might include hospital workers not washing their hands before changing your IV, or bedbugs or other vermin in the hospital room.
• Did you notice signs of understaffing, such as irritable or inattentive nurses, or untrained health workers performing the tasks of a registered nurse?
• Were you prescribed a wrong amount of medication, or the wrong medication entirely?

If you have recently visited a Florida hospital and answered yes to any of these questions, call 1-800-GOLD LAW to schedule a free consultation with our team of experienced Palm Beach medical malpractice attorneys.