Tennessee 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.

TENNESSEE HOSPITALS/HEALTH SYSTEMS:

American Medical Association, @AmerMedicalAssn

American Red Cross, USA, @RedCross

Ascension, USA, @Ascensionorg

Ashland City Medical Center (see TriStar Health)

Baptist DeKalb General Hospital, Smithville (see Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital)

Baptist Heart Institute, Memphis (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)

Baptist Memorial Health Care, Memphis, @BaptistOnline

Baptist Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)

Baptist Memorial Hospital, Collierville (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)

Baptist Memorial Hospital, Covington (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)

Baptist Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)

Baptist Memorial Hospital, Ripley (see Lauderdale Community Hospital)

Baptist Memorial Hospital, Union City (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)

Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women, Memphis (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)

Baptist Rehabilitation Hospital, Germantown (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)

Baptist Restorative Care Hospital, Memphis (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)

Baptist Skilled Nursing Facility, Memphis (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)

Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, @Blount_Memorial

Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol (see Wellmont Health System)

Camden General Hospital (see West Tennessee Healthcare)

Cancer Research Institute, USA, @CancerResearch

Capella Healthcare, Franklin, @CapellaHealth

Centennial Medical Center, Nashville (see TriStar Health)

Children's Hospital Association, USA, @hospitals4kids

Children's Hospital at Erlanger, Chattanooga, @ChildrensatEHS

Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, USA, @cmnnj 

Claiborne Medical Center, Tazewell, @claibornemed + online contact form

Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Cookeville, online contact form

Covenant Health, East Tennessee, @CovenantHealth

Crockett Hospital, Lawrenceburg (see Southern Tennessee Regional Health System)

Cumberland Medical Center, Crossville, online contact form

Delta Medical Center, Memphis, online contact form

East Tennessee Children's Hospital, Knoxville, @EastTNChildrens

Emerald-Hodgson Hospital, Sewanee (see Southern Tennessee Regional Health System)

Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga, @erlangerhealth

Fort Loudoun Medical Center, Lenoir City, online contact form

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, online contact form

Franklin Woods Community Hospital, Johnson City (see Mountain States Health Alliance)

Gateway Medical Center, Clarksville (see Tennova Healthcare)

Gibson General Hospital, Trenton (see West Tennessee Healthcare)

Hancock County Hospital, Sneedville (see Wellmont Health System)

Hardin County Medical Center, Savannah, @HardinMedical

Harton Regional Medical Center, Tullahoma (see Tennova Healthcare)

Hawkins County Memorial Hospital, Rogersville (see Wellmont Health System)

HCA Healthcare, @HCAhealthcare

Henderson Medical Center, Hendersonville (see TriStar Health)

Henry County Medical Center, Paris, @HenryCoMedTN

Heritage Medical Center, Shelbyville (see Tennova Healthcare)

Highpoint Health System, Gallatin (unable to contact)

Hillside Hospital, Pulaski (see Southern Tennessee Regional Health System)

Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport (see Wellmont Health System)

Horizon Medical Center, Dickson (see TriStar Health)

Hughston Clinic (multi-state), @HughstonOrtho 

Indian Path Medical Center, Kingsport (see Mountain States Health Alliance)

Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, Jackson (see West Tennessee Healthcare)

Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Jefferson City (see Tennova Healthcare)

Jellico Community Hospital, Jellico (unable to contact)

Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City (see Mountain States Health Alliance)

LaFollette Medical Center, LaFollette (see Tennova Healthcare)

Lakeway Regional Hospital, Morristown (see Tennova Healthcare)

Lauderdale Community Hospital, Ripley (unable to contact)

Laughlin Memorial Hospital, Greeneville (unable to contact)

LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, @LeBonheurChild

LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, @LeConteMedCtr

LifePoint Health, multi-state, online contact form 

Lincoln Health System, Fayetteville (unable to contact)

Livingston Regional Hospital, Livingston (see Highpoint Health System)

Macon County General Hospital, Lafayette (unable to contact)

Maury Regional Health System, Columbia/Spring Hill, @MauryRegional

Memphis VAMC, Memphis, @MemphisVAMC

Methodist Healthcare, Memphis, @MethodistHlth

Milan General Hospital, Milan (see West Tennessee Healthcare)

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital (Vanderbilt University Medical Center), Nashville, @VUMCchildren

Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System, Morristown (see Covenant Health)

Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA), multi-state, @Mountain_States + online contact form

Nashville General Hospital at Meharry, Nashville, online contact form

Newport Medical Center, Newport (see Tennova Healthcare)

Niswonger Children's Hospital, Johnson City, @NiswongerCHosp 

Northcrest Medical Center, Springfield, @northcrestmc

North Knoxville Medical Center, Powell (see Tennova Healthcare)

Parkridge Health System (4 locations), @Parkridge_

Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville, @Parkwest

Peninsula Hospital, Louisville (see Parkwest Medical Center)

Physicians Regional Medical Center, Knoxville (see Tennova Healthcare)

Physicians Urgent Care, @UrgentCareTN

Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt (see Vanderbilt University Medical Center)

Regional Hospital of Jackson, Jackson (see Tennova Healthcare)

Regional One Health, Memphis, @RegOneHealthFDN

River Park Hospital, McMinnville (see Saint Thomas Health)

Riverview Regional Medical Center, Carthage (see Highpoint Health System)

Roane Medical Center, Harriman, online contact form

Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital, Smithville (see Saint Thomas Health)

Saint Thomas Health, @StThomas_Health

Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital, Nashville (see Saint Thomas Health)

Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital, Murfreesboro (see Saint Thomas Health)

Saint Thomas West Hospital, Nashville (see Saint Thomas Health)

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

Skyline Medical Center, Madison/Nashville (see TriStar Health)

Southern Hills Medical Center, Nashville (see TriStar Health)

Southern Tennessee Regional Health System, Lawrenceburg (unable to contact)

St. Francis Hospital, Bartlett, @SaintFrancisBar

St. Francis Hospital, Memphis, @SaintFrancisMem

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, @StJudeResearch

St. John & Mary Specialist Children's Hospital (see Erlanger Hospital)

StoneCrest Medical Center, Smyrna (see TriStar Health)

Summit Medical Center, Hermitage (see TriStar Health)

Summit Regional Medical Center, Gallatin (see Highpoint Health System)

Sycamore Shoals Hospital, East TN, @SycamoreShoalsH

Takoma Regional Hospital, Greeneville (see Wellmont Health System)

Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics, Knoxville, @TnOrthopedics

Tennova Healthcare, Lebanon, @TennovaHealth

Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Knoxville, @thompsoncancer

TriStar Health, Nashville, @TriStarHealth

Trousdale Medical Center, Hartsville (see Highpoint Health System)

Turkey Creek Medical Center, Knoxville (see Tennova Healthcare)

Unicoi County Memorial Hospital, Erwin (see Mountain States Health Alliance)

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

University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, @utmedicalcenter

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, @VUMChealth

Wellmont Health System, @wellmonthealth + online contact form

West Tennessee Healthcare, Jackson, @WTHealthcare

White County Community Hospital, Sparta (see Saint Thomas Health)

Williamson Medical Center, Franklin, @Williamson_Med

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 Tennessee”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Tennessee