Legal Help When Failure to Diagnose Leads to Injury or Death
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hospital-acquired infections lead to an estimated 99,000 deaths each year. If a misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis of infection caused you serious injury, or a failure to diagnose infection led to the death of a family member, you may be entitled to compensation for your suffering.
At the Scottsdale and Phoenix, Arizona law office of Knapp & Roberts, we hold medical professionals accountable for medical errors or negligence that caused our clients to suffer harm.
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Contact our Phoenix malpractice lawyers online or call 480-991-7677 (toll free 800-541-4477) for a free consultation.
When your family is suffering as a result of doctor negligence, a Phoenix infections lawyer at our firm can prepare a compelling case that demonstrates how the doctor's negligence has affected your family — physically, emotionally, and financially — in terms a jury can understand.
Hospital-Acquired Infections
Many hospital-acquired infections are preventable. When they occur, they are the result of a failure to comply with proper cleaning or patient care procedures. Hospital infections can lengthen a patient's hospital stay — increasing the patients' medical bill. Worse yet, it can lead to a rapidly worsening medical condition and even wrongful death.
Common hospital-acquired infections include:
- Urinary tract infections associated with catheter use
- Post-surgical infections/surgical site infections from poorly sterilized medical devices or surgical instructions
- Bloodstream infections (sepsis)
- Pneumonia/lung infections
- Staph infections
- MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
Negligent treatment of infections. Even minor infections can become life-threatening if not diagnosed and treated properly. Our medical malpractice attorneys hold physicians, hospitals, and other medical providers accountable for negligent treatment of infections, including failure to provide adequate follow-up care after a surgery or procedure, failure to properly monitor an infection, failure to diagnose an infection.
For more general information, see our Medical Malpractice Information Center.
Let Us Tell Your Story
Free initial consultation. Contact our Scottsdale or Phoenix medical malpractice law firm online or call us at 480-991-7677 (toll free at 800-541-4477). In all medical negligence cases, there are no out-of pocket costs to our clients. We assume all the financial risk and are paid ONLY if we win your case.
