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Applications of Epidemiology – A Case Study
Shaneil White
July 19, 2015 hSA505 Dr. Chad Moretz
July 19, 2015 hSA505 Dr. Chad Moretz

Analyze Good Health Hospital’s records and itemize recent nosocomial infections that occurred within the past year. In your report, categorize the different parameters (i.e., person, time, place, ethnicity, and gender) used in the compilation of data into the nformation summative.
Currently at the Good Health Hospital, there’s a nosocomial outbreak of E. coli on Ward 10 on the second floor. Four cases have been identified so far linked to spoil food from the cafeteria, with two more cases pending. After meeting with chief administrator Joe Wellborn, one patient could possibly been symptomatic with the bacteria prior to admission. Parameters discussion below: * Person: 4 identified cases. (1. Male, age 23), (2. Female, age 21), (Male, age 15), and (Female, age 42). * Place: Good Health Hospital, Ward 10, second floor; Good Health Hospital cafeteria. Also research has indicated that other area hospitals around Tampa Bay has been contaminated with E. coli as well. * Time: Within the past week.
Propose at least six (6) questions for the health care administrator at Good Health Hospital, regarding potential litigation issues with infections from the nosocomial diseases. Rationalize, in your report, the logic behind your six (6) questions.
Traditionally, nosocomial infections have generally been viewed as an unavoidable risk of hospitalization. Where this risk materialized, the infections were typically benign and treatable (Kleinpell, 2011). Even where the consequences of nosocomial infections were severe, legal claims were rarely pursued due to the perception that hospital-acquired infections were a common risk which most often materialized without negligence. Even