getting staph infections in hopsitals

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my grandfather just ppassed away -we at first werent even sure what was wrong - it wasnt his chf back ( he had just been in hospital for chf and was sent home after a week - wasnt home even a day - they were clueless - they dreew lab cultures - i am so angry MAJOR

( meaning from when they took the lab for culture it grew in less

than 6 hours- doc said fastest he has ever seen it grow and so

harsh ) there was staph infection in his blood - prior to learning this i had

just that morning reported the lab woman for using unwashed ungloved

hands to touch the lab draw site BEFORE she stuck him!!!he had been

in the hsopital the last week before and he i am sure had blood

drawn - i am trying to find out if this lab lady was anywhere near

him the week before-- damn staff infection - in his blood stream

after getting blood draws from unwashed ungloved hands- i am super

angry!!! i dont know what else to say. i am super angry. and i

know there would really be no way to prove thats where he got it.(

we all have staff all over us so theyd just say he got it after

going home - yeah though he was home not even a whole day and it was bad

enough to grow in less than 6 hours virilantly - i dont think so -

its obvious to me it was festering before he even left the hopsital

for little time he was out..........:scrying:

i KNOW it came from the hospital - typically cultures take at least

72 hours to grow out so you can see WHAT is in there and his culture

grew in less than 6 hours and there was HUGE amount of the staph in

the growth which also shows itd been going on quite a few days already if

not more - he was only home from the hospital not even a day prior to

goingback in after being there over a week - but there really is no

way to prove it unfortunantley. so now we just go on and live life

best we know - without him. had he been healthier he may have made

it but he wasnt - that part certainly isnt the hospitals fault but i

am positive the infection is :( and this to shall pass as the saying

goes. thanks for listening to my rant............:sniff:

worst part i bet the lab lady i reported before we knew he had the infection didnt even get wrote up - she was rude and unsanitary and had a big mouth. the nurse just made excuses saying she was new - ahhh bull - oh well. happy thanksgiving.

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I am so sorry to hear about your loss... I hope that someone, somewhere, learns from mistakes that (may have?) happened.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Cardiothoracics, VADs.

I'm sorry to hear about your loss at this time on the holidays.

Your anger is understandable.

It would be very unlikely that someone would get a majoy staph bacteremia from a blood draw. Did he have indwelling lines while he was in hospital? Any procedures?

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Specializes in cardiac/critical care/ informatics.

I am so sorry for your loss.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I am so sorry for your loss. However, we can not provide any advice as to what caused your dear Grandfather's death. I would advise you to contact his physician and also write a letter to the hospital expressing your concerns.

Please take care.

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