(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.
OKLAHOMA
HOSPITALS/HEALTH SYSTEMS:
AllianceHealth
Deaconess, Oklahoma City, online contact form
AllianceHealth
Durant, online contact form
AllianceHealth
Midwest, online contact form
AllianceHealth
Ponca City, online contact form
AllianceHealth
Woodward, online contact form to Administration/Pharmacy Depts.
American
Medical Association, @AmerMedicalAssn
American
Red Cross, @RedCross
AMG
Integrated Healthcare Management (multi-state), online contact form
AMG
Specialty Hospital, Edmond, online contact form
Arbuckle
Memorial Hospital, Sulphur, online contact form
Ascension,
USA, @Ascensionorg
Atoka
County Medical Center, Atoka (left message w/Director, 580-889-3333)
Bailey
Medical Center, Owasso, @BaileyMedical
Beaver
County Memorial Hospital, Beaver (left message w/hospital Dir., 580-625-4551)
Bone
and Joint Hospital at St. Anthony, Oklahoma City (see St. Anthony Hospital)
Bristow
Medical Center, Bristow, online contact form
Brookhaven
Hospital, Tulsa, online contact form
Cancer
Research Institute, USA, @CancerResearch
Cancer
Treatment Centers of America, Tulsa, @CancerCenter
Carl
Albert Community Mental Health Center, McAlester (see Oklahoma DOH)
Carnegie
Tri-County Municipal Hospital, Carnegie (left message w/hospital pharmacist,
580-654-1050)
Center
for Orthopedic Reconstruction and Excellence (CORE), Jenks, @CORE_Jenks
Chickasaw
Nation Health System, Ada, @ChickasawNation
Children's
Hospital Association, USA, @hospitals4kids
Children's
Miracle Network Hospitals, USA, @cmnnj
Choctaw
Memorial Hospital, Hugo, Email: j.houchen@choctawmemorial.com
Choctaw
Nation Health Services Authority, Talihina, online contact form
Cimarron
Memorial Hospital, Boise City, online contact form
Claremore
Regional Hospital, Claremore (see Hillcrest Hospital Claremore)
Cleveland
Area Hospital, Cleveland, @Cleveland_Hosp
Coal
County General Hospital, Coalgate (left message w/Risk Mgmt. Dept.,
580-927-2327)
Comanche
County Memorial Hospital, Lawton, @CCMHonline
Community
Health Centers of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, @CHCofOklahoma
Community
Hospital of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City (left message w/Dir. of Quality,
405-602-8100)
Community
Hospital, Fairfax, online contact form
Continuous
Care Centers (see AMG Integrated Healthcare Management)
Cordell
Memorial Hospital, Cordell, online contact form
Cornerstone
Hospital Shawnee (Cornerstone Healthcare Group), Shawnee, @CHGHosp
Craig
General Hospital, Vinita (see Saint Francis Health System)
Creek
Nation Community Hospital, Okemah (see MCN Health)
Deaconess
Hospital, Oklahoma City (see AllianceHealth Deaconess)
Drumright
Regional Hospital, Drumright, Email: info@drumrighthospital.com
Duncan
Regional Hospital, Duncan, @duncanregional
Eastar
Health System, Muskogee (see Saint Francis Health System)
Edmond
Medical Center, Edmond (see OU Medical Center-Edmond)
Edmond
Specialty Hospital, Edmond (see AMG Specialty Hospital)
Elkview
General Hospital, Hobart, online contact form
Epic
Medical Center, Eufaula, online contact form
Fairview
Regional Medical Center, Fairview, online contact form
Freeman
Health System (multi-state), FB message
George
Nigh Rehabilitation Institute, Okmulgee, (left message w/Supv. of Nursing,
918-756-9211)
Grady
Memorial Hospital, Chickasha, Email: tpowell@gradymem.org
Great
Plains Regional Medical Center, Elk City, online contact form
Harmon
Memorial Hospital, Hollis, (spoke w/Admin. Dept., 580-688-3363)
Harper
County Community Hospital, Buffalo (left message w/CEO, 580-735-2555)
Haskell
County Community Hospital, Stigler, (left message w/Admin. Dept., 918-967-4682)
HCA
Healthcare, @HCAhealthcare
Healdton
Municipal Hospital, Healdton (see Mercy Hospital Healdton)
Henryetta
Medical Center, Henryetta (see Hillcrest Hospital Henryetta)
Hillcrest
Hospital Claremore, @HClaremore
Hillcrest
Hospital Cushing, @HHCushing
Hillcrest
Hospital Henryetta, @HHenryetta
Hillcrest
Hospital South, Tulsa, @HillcrestSouth
Hillcrest
Hospital Tulsa, @HillcrestTulsa
Hillcrest
Specialty Hospital, Tulsa (see Select Medical)
Holdenville
General Hospital/St. Anthony Hospital Affiliate, Holdenville (online contact
form)
Indian
Health Service (IHS), online contact form
INTEGRIS
Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City (see INTEGRIS Health Care System)
INTEGRIS
Baptist Regional Health Center, Miami (see INTEGRIS Health Care System)
INTEGRIS
Bass Baptist Health Center, Enid (see INTEGRIS Health Care System)
INTEGRIS
Blackwell Regional Hospital, Blackwell (see INTEGRIS Health Care System)
INTEGRIS
Canadian Valley Regional Hospital, Yukon (see INTEGRIS Health Care System)
INTEGRIS
Clinton Regional Hospital, Clinton (see INTEGRIS Health Care System)
INTEGRIS
Grove Hospital, Grove (see INTEGRIS Health Care System)
INTEGRIS
Health Care System (multi-locations), @integrishealth
INTEGRIS
Health Edmond, Edmond (see INTEGRIS Health Care System)
INTEGRIS
Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation, Oklahoma City (see INTEGRIS Health Care System)
INTEGRIS
Marshall County Medical Center, Madill (see INTEGRIS Health Care System)
INTEGRIS
Mayes County Medical Center, Pryor (see INTEGRIS Health Care System)
INTEGRIS
Southwest Medical Center, Oklahoma City (see INTEGRIS Health Care System)
Jackson
County Memorial Hospital, Altus, online contact form
Jane
Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville (see St. John Health System)
Jane
Phillips Nowata Health Center, Nowata (see St. John Health System)
JD
McCarty Center for Children, Norman, @McCartyCenter
Jefferson
County Hospital, Waurika (spoke w/hospital nurse, 580-228-2344)
Johnston
Memorial Hospital, Tishomingo (see Mercy Hospital Tishomingo)
Kindred
Healthcare (multi-state), @kindredhealth
Kindred
Hospital of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City (see Kindred Healthcare)
Kingfisher
Regional Hospital, Kingfisher (see Mercy Hospital Kingfisher)
Lakeside
Women's Hospital, Oklahoma City, @LakesideWmsHosp
Latimer
County General Hospital, Wilburton, (spoke w/Risk Mgmt. Dept., 918-465-2391)
Laureate
Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital, Tulsa (see Saint Francis Health System)
Lindsay
Municipal Hospital, Lindsay (left message w/Dir. of Nursing, 405-756-1404)
Logan
Medical Center, Guthrie (see Mercy Hospital Logan County)
Mangum
Community Hospital, Mangum (see Quartz Mountain Medical Center)
Mary
Hurley Hospital, Coalgate (see Coal County General Hospital)
McAlester
Regional Health Center, McAlester, @MRHC100
McBride
Orthopedic Hospital, Oklahoma City (spoke w/Admin. Dept., 405-232-0341)
McCurtain
Memorial Hospital, Idabel, @mmhok_wecare
MCN
Health, Okmulgee, online contact form
MeadowBrook
Specialty Hospital of Tulsa, Tulsa (see Post Acute Medical)
Medical
Center of Southeastern OK, Durant (see AllianceHealth Durant)
Memorial
Hospital of Stilwell, Stilwell (spoke w/Dir. of Nursing, 918-696-3101)
Memorial
Hospital of Texas County, Guymon, online contact form
Mercy
(multi-state), @FollowMercy
Mercy
Health Center of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City (see Mercy Oklahoma)
Mercy
Health/Love County Hospital and Clinic, Marietta, online contact form
Mercy
Hospital Ada (see Mercy Oklahoma)
Mercy
Hospital Ardmore (see Mercy Oklahoma)
Mercy
Hospital Healdton (see Mercy Oklahoma)
Mercy
Hospital Kingfisher (see Mercy Oklahoma)
Mercy
Hospital Logan County (see Mercy Oklahoma)
Mercy
Hospital Tishomingo (see Mercy Oklahoma)
Mercy
Hospital Watonga (see Mercy Oklahoma)
Mercy
Oklahoma, @MercyOklahoma
Midwest
Regional Medical Center, Midwest City (see AllianceHealth Midwest)
Muskogee
Regional Medical Center, Muskogee (see Saint Francis Health System)
Muskogee
VA, Muskogee, @MuskogeeVA
Newman
Memorial Hospital/St. Anthony Hospital Affiliate, Shattuck (left message w/CEO,
580-938-2551)
Norman
Regional Health System, Norman, @normanregional
Northwest
Surgical Hospital, Oklahoma City (left message w/Director, 405-848-1918)
OCH
Health System (multi-state), @OzarksCH
Okeene
Municipal Hospital, Okeene, online contact form
Oklahoma
Center for Orthopaedic & Multi-Specialty Hospital, Oklahoma City,
@OCOMHospital (left message w/Dir. of Nursing, 405-602-6500)
Oklahoma
City Veterans Administration Hospital, Oklahoma City, @VeteransHealth
Oklahoma
Department of Health and Substance Abuse Services, @ODMHSASINFO
Oklahoma
Heart Hospital, Oklahoma City, @Okhearthospital
Oklahoma
Heart Institute, Tulsa, @OkHeartInst
Oklahoma
Spine Hospital, Oklahoma City (left message w/Mgr., Patient Care Unit,
405-749-2700)
Oklahoma
State University Medical Center, Tulsa (see OSU Medical Center)
Oklahoma
Surgical Hospital, Tulsa, (left message w/Admin. Dept., 918-477-5049)
Okmulgee
Memorial Hospital, Okmulgee (see MCN Health)
Orthopedic
Hospital of Oklahoma, Tulsa (see Oklahoma Surgical Hospital)
OSU
Medical Center, Tulsa, @OSUMedCenter
OU
Medical Center, Oklahoma City (see OU Medicine)
OU
Medical Center, The Children's Hospital, Oklahoma City (see OU Medicine)
OU
Medical Center-Edmond, Oklahoma City, (see OU Medicine)
OU
Medicine, Oklahoma City, @OUMedicine
Parkview
Hospital, El Reno (see Mercy)
Pauls
Valley General Hospital, Pauls Valley (left message w/E.R. Mgr., 405-238-5501)
Pawhuska
Hospital, Pawhuska, Email: info@pawhuskahospital.com
Perry
Memorial Hospital, Perry (spoke w/E.R. Mgr., 580-336-3541)
Physicians
Hospital in Anadarko, Anadarko, @TPHIA1
Ponca
City Medical Center, Ponca City (see AllianceHealth Ponca City)
Post
Acute Medical (PAM), @PostAcuteMed
Prague
Municipal Hospital, Prague, Email: slassiter@praguehospital.com
Purcell
Municipal Hospital, Purcell (left message w/E.R. Mgr., 405-527-6524)
Pushmataha
Hospital, Antlers (left message w/Dir. of Nursing, 580-298-3341)
Quartz
Mountain Medical Center, Magnum, (spoke w/Dir. of Nursing, 580-782-3353)
RCCH
HealthCare Partners (13 states), online contact form
Reynolds
Army Community Hospital, Fort Sill, Email: usarmy.sill.medcom-rach.mbx.patient-rep@mail.mil
Roger
Mills Memorial Hospital, Cheyenne, online contact form
Rolling
Hills Hospital, Ada, online contact form
Saint
Francis Health System, online contact form
Saint
Francis Health System, Tulsa (spoke w/Nurse Admin., 918-256-7551)
Seiling
Municipal Hospital, Seiling (left message w/Director, 580-377-1005)
Select
Medical (multi-state), @SelectM
Select
Specialty Hospital, Oklahoma City (see Select Medical)
Select
Specialty Hospital, Tulsa (see Select Medical)
Seminole
Medical Center, Seminole (see AllianceHealth Seminole)
Sequoyah
Memorial Hospital & Home Care, Sallisaw (left message w/Risk Mgmt. Dept.,
918-774-1100)
Share
Medical Center/St. Anthony Hospital Affiliate, Alva, online contact form
Shriners
Hospitals for Children, USA, Canada, Mexico, @shrinershosp
SouthCrest
Hospital, Tulsa (see Hillcrest Hospital South, Tulsa)
Southwestern
Medical Center/St. Anthony Hospital Affiliate, Lawton, online contact form
Southwestern
Memorial Hospital, Weatherford (left message w/Quality Dir., 580-772-5551)
SSM
Health (multi-state), @SSMHealth
St.
Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, @saintsok
St.
John Broken Arrow, Broken Arrow (see St. John Health System)
St.
John Health System, OK/KS,
@StJohnHealthOK
St.
John Medical Center, Tulsa (see St. John Health System)
St.
John Owasso, Owasso (see St. John Health System)
St.
John Sapulpa, Sapulpa (see St. John Health System)
St.
Mary's Regional Medical Center, Enid, OK, @StMarysRegional
Stillwater
Medical Center, Stillwater, Email: info@stillwater-medical.org
Stroud
Regional Medical Center, Stroud, online contact form
Surgical
Care Affiliates (multi-state), @SCAsolutions
Surgical
Hospital of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (see Surgical Care Affiliates)
The
Children's Center Rehabilitation Hospital, Bethany, @tccokc
Tulsa
Spine & Specialty Hospital, Tulsa, online contact form
Unity
Health Center, Shawnee (see St. Anthony Hospital)
Universal
Health Services, Inc. (multi-state), @UHS_Inc
USPHS
Indian Hospital of Claremore, Claremore (see Indian Health Service)
USPHS
Indian Hospital of Clinton, Clinton (see Indian Health Service)
USPHS
Indian Hospital of Lawton, Lawton (see Indian Health Service)
Utica
Park Clinic, @UticaParkClinic
Valir
Rehabilitation Hospital, Oklahoma City, @ValirHealth
Valley
View Regional Hospital, Ada (see Mercy Hospital Ada)
Veterans
Affairs Medical Center of Muskogee, Muskogee (see Muskogee VA)
Veterans
Affairs Medical Center of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, @VeteransHealth
Via
Christi Health (multi-state), @ViaChristi
W.W.
Hastings Indian Hospital, Tahlequah, @CherokeeNation
Wagoner
Community Hospital, Wagoner, Email: Webmaster@wagonerhospital.com
Watonga
Municipal Hospital, Watonga (see Mercy Hospital Watonga)
Willow
Crest Hospital, Miami, online contact form
Woodward
Regional Hospital, Woodward (see AllianceHealth Woodward)
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 Oklahoma,”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Oklahoma
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