Investigators have found that several Southwest Florida hospitals are falling below national infection control standards, according to an article on the NBC-2 website.
Most area hospitals (in Lee, Collier, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties) scored at or better than the national average in preventing infection.
Two hospitals, Fawcett Memorial in Port Charlotte and Cape Coral Hospital, scored poorly on Clostridium difficile.
“It kind of flew under the radar in many ways. We knew we had C. diff infections, a lot of hospitals weren't watching that per se,” said Steven Streed, Lee Memorial Health System's director for infection control.
Each hospital within the Lee Memorial Health System now uses a device resembling a UV robot to zap germs. The equipment kills bacteria which normal housekeeping might miss.
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