Welcome to the Podiatry Blog of Dr Richard Blake of San Francisco. I hope the pages can help you learn about caring for foot injuries, or help you with your own injury.
This patient presented with an ulceration on the second toe next to the big toe with cellulitis to the midfoot. I placed him on antibiotics and carefully marked the border between infection and no infection. I advised him to go to the ER immediately if the infection passed that line, or he started to have any signs of systemic infection: fever, chills, malaise, etc. I also sent him to our Infectious Disease specialist and a local podiatrist that specializes in infections. I advised him this had to be looked at in 5 days so to see me if other appointments had not happened yet. I hate infections!! Rich
Since I am on the Infectitious Disease Committee at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital I would be remiss at not publishing this important message.
Hi again Richard
I sent you an email last week but hadn't heard back so I wanted to try you again. As you may be aware, the Department of Health & Human Services recently released its annual report on the quality of health care Americans receive. While there have been some improvements, hospitals still have work to do to put an end to the ongoing - but solvable - problem of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs).
Caregivers and other healthcare professionals know steps need to be taken to protect patients from HAIs, but it will take strong leadership to make the changes necessary to reduce the likelihood of these life-threatening infections. To help achieve this goal, Kimberly-Clark Health Care launched "Not on My Watch" (www.haiwatch.com), a website that provides tools and information to help facilities eliminate HAIs.
I hope you will help in this effort by informing the readers of Drblakes Healingsole.Com about this initiative. I've created a useful site that you're welcome to grab resources from:
