(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.
KENTUCKY
HOSPITALS/HEALTH SYSTEMS:
Albert
B. Chandler Hospital, Lexington (see University of Kentucky HealthCare)
American
Medical Association, @AmerMedicalAssn
American
Red Cross, @RedCross
Ascension,
U.S., @Ascensionorg
Baptist
Health (multi-locations), @BaptistHealth
Baptist
Health Corbin/ContinueCARE Hospital, Corbin, @BHCorbin
Baptist
Health La Grange, La Grange, @BHLaGrange
Baptist
Health Lexington, Lexington, @BHLexington
Baptist
Health Louisville, Louisville, @BHLouisville
Baptist
Health Madisonville/ContinueCARE Hospital, Madisonville, @BHMadisonville
Baptist
Health Paducah/ContinueCARE Hospital, Paducah, @BHPaducah
Baptist
Health Richmond, @baptistrichmond
Barbourville
ARH Hospital, Barbourville (see Knox County Hospital)
Beckley
ARH Hospital, Beckley, Email: BeckleyARH@arh.org
Blanchfield
Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, @BACH_Healthcare
Bluegrass
Community Hospital, Versailles (left message w/Clinical Information &
Quality Dept., 859-879-2382)
Bourbon
Community Hospital, Paris, Email: diane.wagoner@lpnt.net
Breckinridge
Health, Hardinsburg, FB message
Bullitt
County Family Practitioners, Hillview (see Norton Healthcare)
Caldwell
Medical Center, Princeton, FB message + Email: sdadams@caldwellhosp.org
Cancer
Research Institute, USA, @CancerResearch
Cardinal
Hill Rehabilitation Center, Lexington, online contact form
Cardinal
Hill Specialty Hospital, Fort Thomas (see Select Medical)
Carroll
County Memorial Hospital, Carrollton, online contact form
Casey
County Hospital, Liberty (spoke w/hospital pharmacist, 606-787-6275)
Caverna
Memorial Hospital, Horse Cave (see The Medical Center at Caverna)
Central
Baptist Hospital, Lexington
Children's
Hospital Association, U.S., @hospitals4kids
Children's
Miracle Network Hospitals, USA, @cmnnj
Clark
Regional Medical Center, Winchester (Admin. Dept. sharing message w/Quality
Assurance Dept., 859-745-3500)
Clinton
County Hospital, Albany (see The Medical Center at Albany)
Commonwealth
Health Corporation, Bowling Green, Email: info@chc.net
Commonwealth
Regional Specialty Hospital, Bowling Green (left message w/Dir., Risk Mgmt.,
270-796-6200)
Community
Hospital Corporation (CHC), multi-state, @CHCCORP1
ContinueCARE
Hospital at Baptist Health Corbin, Corbin, online contact form
ContinueCARE
Hospital at Baptist Health Corbin, Corbin, online contact form
Continuing
Care Hospital, Lexington (see KentuckyOne Health)
Crittenden
Health Systems, Marion (see Kentucky Rural Healthcare Association)
Cumberland
County Hospital, Burkesville (left message w/Supv. of Nursing,
270-864-2511)
Cumberland
Hall Hospital, Hopkinsville, online contact form
Eastern
State Hospital, Lexington (see University of Kentucky HealthCare)
Ephraim
McDowell Health, Danville, online contact form
Flaget
Memorial Hospital, Bardstown (see KentuckyOne Health)
Fleming
County Hospital Fleming, Flemingsburg (spoke w/Quality Assurance Dept.,
606-849-5000)
Fort
Logan Hospital, Stanford (see Ephraim McDowell Health)
Frankfort
Regional Medical Center, Frankfort, @frankfortreg
Frazier
Rehabilitation Institute, Louisville (see KentuckyOne Health)
Gateway
Regional Medical Center, Mount Sterling (see Saint Joseph Mount Sterling)
Gateway
Rehabilitation Hospital, Florence, Email: info@vrhgateway.com
Georgetown
Community Hospital, Georgetown (spoke w/Quality Assurance Dept., 502-868-1100)
Good
Samaritan Hospital/University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, online contact
form
Greenview
Regional Hospital, Bowling Green (see TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital)
Hardin
Memorial Health, Elizabethtown, @HardinMemorial
Harlan
ARH Hospital, Harlan, Email: HarlanARH@arh.org
Harrison
Memorial Hospital, Cynthiana, Email: msmith@hmhosp.org
Hazard
ARH Regional Medical Center, Hazard, Email: HazardARH@arh.org
HCA
Healthcare, @HCAhealthcare
HealthSouth
(multi-state), @healthsouth
HealthSouth
Lakeview Rehabilitation Hospital, Elizabethtown (see HealthSouth)
HealthSouth
Northern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital, Edgewood (see HealthSouth)
Highlands
Health System, Prestonsburg, @HighlandsHealth
Ireland
Army Community Hospital, Fort Knox (unable to contact)
Jackson
Purchase Medical Center, Mayfield (left message w/Quality Assurance Dept.,
270-251-4100)
James
B. Haggin Memorial Hospital, Harrodsburg (left message w/Medical Staff
Coordinator, 859-734-5441)
Jane
Todd Crawford Hospital, Greensburg (spoke w/Director of Nursing,
270-932-4211)
Jennie
Stuart Medical Center, Hopkinsville, FB message + left message w/Quality
Management, 270-887-0100
Jewish
Hospital, Louisville (see KentuckyOne Health)
Jewish
Hospital, Shelbyville (seeKentuckyOne Health)
Johnson
Mathers Nursing Home, Carlisle, online contact form
Kentucky
River Medical Center, Jackson, online contact form
Kentucky
Rural Health Association, Henderson, Email: kentuckyruralhealthassociation@gmail.com
KentuckyOne
Health, Louisville, @kyone_health
Kindred
Healthcare, Louisville, @kindredhealth
Kindred
Hospital Louisville, Louisville (see Kindred Healthcare)
King's
Daughters Medical Center, Ashland, @kdmedctr
Knox
County Hospital, Barbourville (left message w/Quality Assurance Dept.,
606-546-4175)
Kosair
Children's Hospital, Louisville (see Norton Children's Hospital)
Lake
Cumberland Regional Hospital, Somerset (left message w/Patient Services Dept.,
606-678-3303)
Lakeview
Rehabilitation Hospital, Elizabethtown (see HealthSouth Lakeview Rehabilitation
Hospital)
Lexington
Clinic, Lexington, @LexingtonClinic
Lexington
Shriners Hospital, Lexington (see Shriners Hospitals for Children, Lexington)
Lexington
VA Medical Center, Lexington, @VeteransHealth
Livingston
Hospital & Health Services, Inc., Salem, Email: cwiggins@lhhs.org
Logan
Memorial Hospital, Russellville (left message w/Dir., Quality Assurance,
270-726-4011)
Louisville
Medical Center, Louisville (see University of Louisville
Hospital)
Lourdes
Hospital, Paducah (see Mercy Health)
Manchester
Memorial Hospital, Manchester, @ManMemorial
Marcum
and Wallace Memorial Hospital, Irvine (see Mercy Health)
Marshall
County Hospital, Benton (see Kentucky Rural Health Association)
Marshall
Orthopedics, KY/WV/OH, @MUHealthOrtho
Mary
Breckinridge ARH Hospital, Hyden, Email: MaryBreckARH@arh.org
McDowell
ARH Hospital, McDowell, Email: McDowellARH@arh.org
Meadowview
Regional Medical Center, Maysville (left message w/Quality Assurance Dept.,
606-759-5311)
Med
Center Health, Southcentral KY (see Commonwealth Health Corporation)
Medical
Center at Bowling Green (see The Medical Center at Bowling Green)
Medical
Center at Franklin (see The Medical Center at Franklin)
Medical
Center at Scottsville (see The Medical Center at Scottsville)
Mercy
Health, KY/OH, @mercy_health
Methodist
Hospital Union County, Morganfield, @MethodisthospKy
Methodist
Hospital, Henderson, @MethodisthospKy
Middlesboro
ARH Hospital, Middlesboro, Email: MiddlesboroARH@arh.org
Monroe
County Medical Center, Tompkinsville, Email: webmaster@mcmccares.com
Morgan
County ARH Hospital, West Liberty, Email: MorganCountyARH@arh.org
Muhlenberg
Community Hospital, Greenville (see Owensboro Health)
Murray-Calloway
County Hospital, Murray, @MurrayHospital
New
Horizons Medical Center, Owenton (see St. Elizabeth Healthcare)
Northern
Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital (see HealthSouth Northern Kentucky
Rehabilitation Hospital)
Norton
Audubon Hospital, Louisville (see Norton Healthcare)
Norton
Brownsboro Hospital, Louisville (see Norton Healthcare)
Norton
Children's Hospital, Louisville, @NortonChildrens
Norton
Healthcare, Louisville, @Norton_Health
Norton
Hospital, Louisville (see Norton Healthcare)
Norton
Women's & Children's Hospital, Louisville (see Norton Healthcare)
Oak
Tree Hospital, Corbin (see ContinueCARE Hospital at Baptist Health Corbin)
Ohio
County Hospital, Hartford (left message w/Quality Assurance Dept.
270-298-7411)
Our
Lady of Bellefonte Hospital/Bon Secours Kentucky Health System, Russell,
@OLBHBonSecours
Our
Lady of Peace Hospital, Louisville (see KentuckyOne Health)
Our
Lady of the Way Hospital, Martin (see Saint Joseph Martin)
Owensboro
Health, Owensboro, @OwensboroHealth
Owensboro
Medical Health System Hospital, Owensboro (see Owensboro Health)
Pattie
A. Clay Regional Medical Center, Richmond (see Baptist Health Richmond)
Paul
B. Hall Regional Medical Center, Paintsville, online contact form
Pikeville
Medical Center/Mayo Clinic Care Network, Pikeville, @pmcpikeville
Pineville
Community Hospital, Pineville (see Community Hospital Corporation)
Regional
Medical Center of Hopkins County, Madisonville (see Baptist Health
Madisonville)
Robley
Rex VA Medical Center, Louisville, @VeteransHealth
Rockcastle
Regional Hospital, Mount Vernon, @RockRegional
Russell
County Hospital, Russell Springs (left message w/Dir., Administrative
Services, 270-866-4141)
Saint
Joseph Berea, Berea (see KentuckyOne Health)
Saint
Joseph East, Lexington (see KentuckyOne Health)
Saint
Joseph London, London (see KentuckyOne Health)
Saint
Joseph Martin, Martin (see KentuckyOne Health)
Saint
Joseph Mount Sterling, Mount Sterling (see KentuckyOne Health)
Samaritan
Hospital, Lexington (see Good Samaritan Hospital)
Select
Medical (multi-state), @SelectM
Select
Specialty Hospital, Lexington (see Select Medical)
Shriners
Hospitals for Children, Lexington, @SHClexington
Shriners
Hospitals for Children, U.S., Canada, Mexico, @shrinershosp
Southern
Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital, Bowling Green, Email: info@skyrehab.com
Spring
View Hospital, Lebanon (left message w/Dir., Quality Assurance & Risk
Mgmt., 270-692-3161)
St.
Claire Regional Medical Center, Morehead, @SCRmedical
St.
Elizabeth Healthcare (7 locations), @StElizabethNKY
St.
Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas (see St. Elizabeth Healthcare)
St.
Luke Hospital West, Florence (see St. Elizabeth Healthcare)
Sts.
Mary & Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville (see KentuckyOne Health)
Summers
County ARH Hospital, Hinton, Email: SummersCountyARH@arh.org
T.J.
Samson Community Hospital, Glasgow (left message w/Quality Assurance Dept.,
270-651-4444)
Taylor
Regional Hospital, Campbellsville, @TRHosp
The
Medical Center at Albany (see Commonwealth Health Corporation)
The
Medical Center at Bowling Green, online contact form
The
Medical Center at Caverna, Horse Cave (spoke w/hospital pharmacist,
270-786-2191)
The
Medical Center at Franklin, online contact form
The
Medical Center at Scottsville (see Med Center Health)
Three
Rivers Medical Center, Louisa, online contact form
Trigg
County Hospital, Cadiz (left message w/Dir., Quality Assurance & Risk
Mgmt., 270-522-3215)
TriStar
Greenview Regional Hospital, Bowling Green (see TriStar Health)
TriStar
Health (multi-state), @TriStarHealth
Tug
Valley ARH Regional Medical Center, South Williamson, Email: WilliamsonARH@arh.org
Twin
Lakes Regional Medical Center, Leitchfield, @TLRMC_info
Universal
Health Services, Inc. (multi-state), @UHS_Inc
University
of Kentucky Children's Hospital, Lexington (see University of Kentucky
HealthCare)
University
of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, @UK_HealthCare
University
of Kentucky Hospital, Lexington (see University of Kentucky HealthCare)
University
of Louisville Hospital, Louisville (see KentuckyOne Health)
VA
Medical Center-Louisville, @DeptVetAffairs
Veterans
Affairs Medical Center-Lexington, @VeteransHealth
Wayne
County Hospital, Monticello (left message w/Dir. of Nursing, 606-348-9343)
Western
Baptist Hospital, Paducah (see Baptist Health Paducah)
Westlake
Regional Hospital, Columbia (see Norton Healthcare)
Whitesburg
ARH Hospital, Whitesburg, Email: WhitesburgARH@arh.org
Williamson
ARH Hospital, South Williamson (see Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center)
Published
Corn Allergy Studies/Statistics (“. . .
Maize major allergen . . .”)
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
"Probable
anaphylactic reaction to corn-derived dextrose solution."
BCPharmacists,
"Warning: corn-related allergens . . ."
DEXTROSE
(CORN SUGAR): FDA FEDERAL REGULATION, GRAS - 184.1857
“Corn
Products and Derivatives List,” Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT),
6/6/17
Corn
Allergy Statistics (Monthly)
Corn:
It's Everything, Iowa Corn
https://www.iowacorn.org/education/corn-its-everything/
https://www.iowacorn.org/education/corn-its-everything/
Diane H., Corn Allergy Advocate
Corn Allergy Advocacy/Resources
@CornAllergy911
Source:
“List of hospitals in Kentucky”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Kentucky
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