Surviving HAIs: A Personal Journey from Infection to Advocacy

Did you know that 1 in 20 people who seek medical care will acquire an infection completely unrelated to what they sought care for? In this podcast, Jeanine Thomas, shares her HAI survivor story after battling multiple life-altering infections. She has taken her experience and turned it into advocacy as a founder of the MRSA Survivors Network. Glossary of Terms: • HAIs, or Healthcare Associated Infections, are infections that a person acquires entirely unrelated to the original reason for seeking treatment.• C. difficile - Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is a bacterium that can lead to diarrhea and inflammation of the colon. It is a common cause of diarrhea in hospitals and long-term care facilities. • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - infection is caused by staph bacteria that has become resistant to many antibiotics used to treat ordinary staph infections.