What can be done when you get a staph infection after having surgery at the hospital?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, post operative infections are a common risk of any surgery. The hospitals harbor some of the most resistant types of bacteria, but aggressive infection control policies and procedures are in place and ongoing monitoring in hospitals to address and prevent these is a requirement.

Be sure to report the infection to the surgeon immediately upon first indications of a problem for treatment. Follow all instructions on care of the infected area exactly as described to facilitate rapid elimination of the infection as well as to prevent spread of it to other parts of your body or other people with cross-contamination. Check your temperature at least once a day until you have finished all of the prescribed medicines for the infection.

It does not necessarily indicate negligence or lack of good infection control technique on the part of the doctor or hospital. But, you can also write to the hospital administration to report the incidence of the infection of a surgical wound. That will make sure that their infection control department does a study to determine if there had been a way to prevent the infection and perhaps help future patients.