Medical negligence
Infections
If you have suffered an infection as the result of misdiagnosis or medical negligence, you could have a claim for compensation. Howells Solicitors can help.
Gaining an infection due to poor treatment, misdiagnosis, or even contracting one in hospital can severely damage a patient’s health. A medical negligence solicitor could help secure compensation.
However, negligent infection can happen not only within hospitals and doctor’s surgeries, but also at the dentists and even care homes. This can happen if there are no strict procedures in place to prevent infection. So, if you have become a victim, anywhere, please reach out.
How we can help
At Howells, our medical negligence solicitors manage negligent infection cases caused by many different things. Each case is unique and specific to the individual, therefore it is handled as so. However, the most common causes for this kind of negligence are:
- Placing someone with a known infection onto a general ward (i.e. not quarantined)
- Failure to uphold cleaning regulations/regimes and standards (i.e. not washing bedding/correct removal of dirty/used instruments or bedding)
- Using dirty operating tools or not ‘scrubbing’ prior to surgery
- Viral outbreaks
- Negligent performance of surgery
- Failure to adequately treat/medicate
Due to the increased number of people in such close environments, infections are more likely to spread. Especially if regulations and high cleaning standards are not always maintained, this could result in an infection due to medical negligence.
We can also seek compensation if you have suffered a negligent infection outside of a hospital or doctors’ surgery. The claims often revolve, but are not limited to:
- Failure to recognise an infection or diagnose symptoms of an infection
- A delay or resistance to recognise infection
- Delay in provision of treatment or antibiotics
- Poor wound management
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