Hospital-acquired infections are increasing as medical institutions attempt to treat sicker and more complex patients...
These infections typically involve resistant bacteria. They tend to result in greater morbidity and mortality. They also increase the cost of hospitalization significantly. Hospitals in the Carolina Lowcountry are determined to provide quality care to their patients and limit their risk for costly hospital-acquired infections. Infection Control practitioners are developing comprehensive infection control programs at local medical institutions in an attempt to decrease the risk and occurrence of hospital-acquired infections.
All of the Lowcountry Infectious Disease, P.A. physicians serve as infection control directors or consultants at area hospitals. Dr. Ludwig Lettau has special training in infection control. He earned his Masters in Public Health at Tulane University in New Orleans and spent two years as an Epidemiologic Intelligence Officer within the Hepatitis Branch of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia.
Lowcountry Infectious Disease, P.A. physicians provide infection control expertise at the following area hospitals,
Trident Medical Center, North Charleston, SC
Summerville Medical Center, Summerville, SC
Colleton Medical Center, Walterboro, SC
Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, SC
Georgetown Memorial Hospital, Georgetown, SC
Waccamaw Community Hospital, Murrells Inlet, SC
Conway Medical Center, Conway, SC
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, SC
For more information regarding our infectious disease physicians or issues related to infection control please contact one of our staff physicians at (843) 402-0227.
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