Health Care Facilities
Biorisk Management Programs for Healthcare Facilities in Washington, DC & Baltimore, MD
Emergency!
The Healthcare Industry, from hospitals and clinics, to doctors and dental offices and all of their support testing facilities and laboratories are undergoing an unprecedented assault! Invisible drug resistant enemies, in the form of MRSA, CRE, and tuberculosis, as well as other pathogens are infecting more patients each year. MRSA has become the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, with over 90,000 cases annually. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention, hospital acquired infections are among the leading causes of preventable deaths in the U.S. and are associated with substantial yearly increases in healthcare costs. In 2010, according to the New York Times, over 1.7 million infections by antibiotic resistant germs killed over 99,000 people. In 2011, according to Center for Disease Control estimates, 721,800 serious infections were acquired in hospitals alone!
The Problem Is Even Worse.
In our increasingly interconnected world, commercial travelers, immigrants and refugees are entering the country in ever increasing numbers. Increased urbanization places people in greater proximity to each other. Rare and unusual infectious diseases, unknown to U.S. medicine only a few years ago, are presenting to hospitals, doctors offices and clinics in ways that are often not immediately diagnosed. Hepatitis A, Influenza H1N1 and its variants, and the exotics such as Ebola, shigellosis, dengue fever, and chikungunya are here now in unknown degrees.
Biorisk Management And Control Is The Best Defense.
The prevalence of emerging and drug resistant infections is rising and the consequences are severe for both you and your patients. You are probably aware that health insurance companies and government programs, including Medicare, no longer reimburse providers for treatment expenses associated with hospital acquired nosocomial infections. Insurance underwriters are increasingly looking at biorisk management programs in rating and underwriting your operations.