Massachusetts Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

(Updated 3/19/22)

I continue to read personal testimonies from members of our corn allergy support groups documenting that medical personnel continue to administer corn sugar (dextrose/D-glucose)-containing IV fluids to corn-allergic patients in direct violation of the contraindication warning on the package insert.  It is also apparent that too many medical professionals do not understand that dextrose is the chemical name for corn sugar produced from cornstarch (D-glucose), 21CFR184.1857, which can prove fatal to anyone with an IgE-mediated allergy to corn.

Glucose: blood sugar (lifeblood of all living organisms)

D-Glucose: synthetic glucose (lab-created from cornstarch); analog/enantiomer of glucose (NOT identical)

L-Glucose: synthetic glucose (lab-created), analog/enantiomer of glucose (NOT identical)

The most heartbreaking testimonies are from parents of corn-allergic infants, many of whom have been diagnosed with "failure to thrive" due to the lack of corn-free infant formulas.  Hospitals have NO alternative safe sources of corn-free nutrition to feed to these struggling babies, and their pediatricians/dietitians cannot offer any assistance to parents of corn-allergic infants. 

In summary, the corn allergy population can consume very few processed foods; and no commercially-processed non-organic meat, poultry, seafood, produce, or fruit due to government-authorized corn-derived acid washes.  Many corn-allergic patients must have their medications compounded to exclude corn; and since tap water may contain corn due to corn-derived purification chemicals, many are forced to purchase other sources of corn-free water.  In addition, it is difficult trying to find a water filtration system that is not manufactured with corn-derived components.

Therefore, the primary message I am sharing with these hospitals/health systems is that it will now be their responsibility to provide corn-free foods, fluids, and medications (compounded to exclude corn-derived ingredients) to corn-allergic patients.  Otherwise, it could be interpreted that hospitals are discriminating against the corn allergy community.

After one of the state hospital associations informed me that it was not their responsibility to contact their member hospitals with our corn allergy awareness message/documentation, and instructed me to contact every hospital within the United States; I have been contacting hospitals/health systems in each state on behalf of the corn-allergic patients.

MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITALS/HEALTH SYSTEMS: 

AFC Urgent Care Boston, @AFCBoston_

AFC Urgent Care Burlington, @AFCburlington

AFC Urgent Care North Andover, @AFCnorthandover

AFC Urgent Care Saugus, @AFCSaugus

AFC Urgent Care Springfield, @AFCSpringfield

American Medical Association, @AmerMedicalAssn

American Red Cross, USA, @RedCross

Amesbury Health Center, Amesbury (see Lahey Health)

Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport, @AnnaJaques

Ascension, USA, @Ascensionorg

Athol Hospital, Athol, online contact form

Baystate Health, Western MA, @Baystate_Health

Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, @DeptVetAffairs

Berkshire Health Systems, Pittsfield, online contact form

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, @BIDMChealth

Beverly Hospital, Beverly, @beverlyhospital

Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, @BostonChildrens

Boston Medical Center, Boston, @The_BMC

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Boston, @FaulknerHosp

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, @BrighamWomens

Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) Healthcare, Cambridge, @challiance

Cancer Research Institute, USA, @CancerResearch

Cape Cod Healthcare, Cape Cod, @CapeCodHealth

CareWell Urgent Care, @CareWellUC 

Carney Hospital, Dorchester, @CarneyHospital

Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River (see Southcoast Health)

Children's Hospital Association, USA, @hospitals4kids

Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, USA, @cmnnj 

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, @DanaFarber

Emerson Hospital, Concord, @EmersonHospital

Franciscan Children’s, Brighton, @FranciscanHFC

Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton, @GoodSamMedCtr

Hallmark Health System, Boston, @HallmarkHealth

Harrington Health Care System, Southbridge, @HarringtonCare

Health New England, Inc. (HNE), Springfield, @HNEinc

Heywood Hospital, Gardner, @HeywoodHospital

Holyoke Health, Holyoke, @HolyokeHealth

Holyoke Medical Center, Holyoke, @HMCHospital

Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, @JoslinDiabetes

Lahey Health System, @LaheyHealth

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, @LaheyHospital

Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, online contact form

Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, @LGHWELL

Marlborough Hospital, Marlborough, @MarlboroughHosp

Martha's Vineyard Hospital, Oak Bluffs, online contact form

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Center, Boston, @MassEyeAndEar

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, @MassGeneralNews

Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, @mghfc

Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center, Boston, @MGHHeartHealth

Mattapan Community Health Center, Boston, @MattapanCHC

Mercy Medical Center, Springfield, online contact form

MetroWest Medical Center, @MetroWestMedCtr

Milford Regional Medical Center, Milford, @MilfordRegional

Morton Hospital, Taunton, @MortonHospital

Nantucket Hospital, Nantucket, @ACKHospital

Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Ayer, @NashobaValleyMC

Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, @newtonwellesley

North Shore Medical Center, Lynn, @northshoremed

Norwood Hospital, Norwood, @NorwoodHospital

Partners HealthCare, Boston, @PartnersNews

PCG Health, Boston, @PCGHealth

Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River, @SaintAnnesHosp

Shriners Hospitals for Children, USA, Canada, Mexico, @shrinershosp

Signature Healthcare, Brockton, @SignatureHlth

South Shore Hospital, South Weymouth,, @southshorehosp

Southcoast Health System, @SouthcoastHlth

St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Brighton, @StElizabethsMC

St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford (see Southcoast Health)

Steward Health Care System, Boston, @Steward

Sturdy Memorial, Attleboro, @SturdyMemorial

Tufts Medical Center, Boston, @TuftsMedicalCtr

UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Hospital (2 locations), @HealthAlliance1

UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, @umassmemorial

Universal Health Services, Inc. (multi-state), @UHS_Inc

VA Hospital, @DeptVetAffairs

Winchester Hospital, Winchester, @WinchesterHosp

Published Corn Allergy Studies/Statistics  (“. . . Maize major allergen . . .”)

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/published-corn-allergy-studies.html

Baxter Labs specifically warns about administering dextrose IV fluids to corn-allergic patients.

 "Solutions containing dextrose should be used with caution, if at all, in patients with known allergy to corn or corn products." - Page 3

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2011/016679s104,016682s105,016692s095,019367s026lbl.pdf

"Probable anaphylactic reaction to corn-derived dextrose solution."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1808842

BCPharmacists, "Warning: corn-related allergens . . ."

http://library.bcpharmacists.org/6_Resources/6-7_ReadLinks/ReadLinks-MayJun2007.pdf

DEXTROSE (CORN SUGAR): FDA FEDERAL REGULATION, GRAS - 184.1857

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=184.1857

“Corn Products and Derivatives List,” Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT), 6/6/17

https://responsibletechnology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Corn-Products-Derivatives-06-06-17.pdf

Corn Allergy Statistics (Monthly)

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/04/corn-allergy-statistics-monthly.html

Corn: It's Everything, Iowa Corn
https://www.iowacorn.org/education/corn-its-everything/

Diane H., Corn Allergy Advocate

Corn Allergy Advocacy/Resources

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/

@CornAllergy911

Source:

“List of hospitals in Massachusetts”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Massachusetts