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> This would even encourage hospitals to do things such as ensuring that things such as this are not detected Trial lawyers in New York created an organization
by panarky 8y ago
> This would even encourage hospitals to do things such as ensuring that things such as this are not detected
Trial lawyers in New York created an organization [0] that systematically maps sidewalks and streets to identify cracks and holes that cause slip-and-fall accidents.
They provide these maps and supporting data to the city for free, and in the process they can prove that the city had constructive knowledge of the risk.
That way the city can't avoid liability by claiming they didn't know.
It seems that a similar "service" could alert hospital managers to the risk of C. auris, and thereby neutralize intentional ignorance as a defense.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Apple_Pothole_and_Sidewalk_Protection_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Apple_Pothole_and_Sidewalk...
- rincebrain 8y agoCity streets and sidewalks are readily publicly viewable, though, while medical facilities go to great lengths to not let people see whether they've screwed up. I agree it'd be extremely useful, but it's a harder problem to get visibility into.
- vageli 8y agoMandate the visibility and let's see how hard it is.