As Care Shifts From Hospital To Home, Guarding Against Infection Falls To Families

(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News)

Angela Cooper arrived home from work to discover her daughter’s temperature had spiked to 102 degrees — a sign that the teenager, who has cancer, had a potentially deadly bloodstream infection. As Cooper rushed her daughter to the hospital, her mind raced: Had she done something to cause the infection? Continue reading article here…

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