(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.
SOUTH
CAROLINA HOSPITALS/HEALTH SYSTEMS:
Abbeville
Area Medical Center, Abbeville (spoke w/Nursing Admin. Dept., 864-366-5011)
Aiken
Regional Medical Center (UHS), Aiken, @AikenRegionalMC
Allendale
County Hospital, Fairfax, online contact form
American
Medical Association, @AmerMedicalAssn
American
Red Cross, @RedCross
AnMed
Health (multi-locations), @AnMed_Health
AnMed
Health Cannon (see AnMedHealth)
AnMed
Health Medical Center, Anderson (see AnMedHealth)
AnMed
Health Rehabilitation Hospital, Anderson (see AnMedHealth)
AnMed
Health Women & Children's Hospital, Anderson (see AnMedHealth)
Ascension,
USA, @Ascensionorg
Baptist
Easley Hospital/Greenville Health System), Easley (left message w/Mgr., Quality
& Risk Mgmt., 864-442-7200)
Beaufort
Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, @BeaufortMem
Bon
Secours Health System (multi-state), @bshsi
Bon
Secours St. Francis Hospital, Charleston (see Roper St. Frances)
Cancer
Research Institute, USA, @CancerResearch
Cannon
Memorial Hospital, Pickens (see AnMed Health Cannon)
Capella
Healthcare (see RCCH HealthCare Partners)
Carolina
Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville (left message w/Quality Dept.,
843-339-2100)
Carolinas
Hospital System - Marion, Mullins, online contact form
Carolinas
Hospital System, Florence, online contact form
Centre
Pointe Emergency, Charleston (see Trident Health)
Chester
Regional Medical Center, Chester, online contact form
Children's
Hospital Association, USA, @hospitals4kids
Children's
Miracle Network Hospitals, USA, @cmnnj
Clarendon
Memorial Hospital, Manning (see McLeod Health Clarendon)
Coastal
Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville, @coasthospital
Colleton
Medical Center, Walterboro, online contact form
ContinueCARE
Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist, Columbia, online contact form
Conway
Medical Center, Conway, online contact form
East
Cooper Medical Center, Mount Pleasant, @ECooperMedMtr
Edgefield
County Hospital, Edgefield (left message w/Dir. of Quality &
Utilization Review, 803-637-3174)
Ernest
Health (multi-state), online contact form
Fairfield
Memorial Hospital Winnsboro (spoke w/Admin. Dept., 803-635-5548)
FirstHealth
of the Carolinas, NC/SC, @FirstHealth
Georgetown
Memorial Hospital, Georgetown (see Tidelands Health)
Grand
Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, @GrandStrand_SC
Greenville
Health System (GHS) Children's Hospital, Greenville, @ghs_childrens
Greenville
Health System (GHS), Greenville, @ghs_org
Greenville
Memorial Hospital, Greenville (see Greenville Health System)
Greenwood
Regional Rehabilitation Hospital/Ernest Health, Greenwood, online contact form
Greer
Memorial Hospital, Greer (see Greenville Health System)
Hampton
Regional Medical Center, Varnville, online contact form
HCA
Healthcare, @HCAhealthcare
HCA
South Atlantic, Charleston, online contact form
HealthSouth
(multi-state), @healthsouth
HealthSouth
Rehabilitation Hospital of Charleston, Charleston, online contact form
HealthSouth
Rehabilitation Hospital of Columbia, Columbia, online contact form
HealthSouth
Rehabilitation Hospital of Florence, Florence, online contact form
HealthSouth
Rehabilitation Hospital of Rock Hill, Rock Hill, online contact form
Hillcrest
Memorial Hospital, Simpsonville (see Greenville Health System)
Hilton
Head Hospital, Hilton Head Island, @hiltonheadhosp
Hollings
Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, @muschollings
KershawHealth
Medical Center, Camden, @KershawHealthSC
Lake
City Community Hospital, Lake City, online contact form
Laurens
County Memorial Hospital, Clinton (see Greenville Health System)
Lexington
Medical Center, West Columbia, @LexMedCtr
Low
Country Health Care System, Inc., Barnwell, online contact form
Mary
Black Health System, Gaffney, online contact form
Mary
Black Health System, Spartanburg, online contact form
McLeod
Health (multi-locations), @McLeodHealth
Medical
University of South Carolina Hospital, Charleston (see MUSC Health)
Moncks
Corner Medical Center, Moncks Corner (see Trident Health)
Moncrief
Army Health Clinic, Jackson, @MoncriefACH
Mount
Pleasant Hospital (see Roper St. Francis)
MUSC
Children's Hospital, Charleston, @MUSCkids
MUSC
Health, Charleston, @MUSChealth
Newberry
County Memorial Hospital, Newberry (left message w/Risk Mgmt./Quality,
803-276-7570)
North
Greenville Hospital, Travelers Rest (see Greenville Health System)
Oconee
Medical Center, Seneca (see Greenville Health System)
Palmetto
Health Baptist Parkridge, Columbia (see Palmetto Health)
Palmetto
Health Baptist, Columbia (see Palmetto Health)
Palmetto
Health Children's Hospital, Columbia (see Palmetto Health)
Palmetto
Health Heart Hospital, Columbia (see Palmetto Health)
Palmetto
Health Richland, Columbia (see Palmetto Health)
Palmetto
Health Tuomey, Sumter (see Palmetto Health)
Palmetto
Health, Columbia, @PalmettoHealth
Patewood
Memorial Hospital, Greenville (see Greenville Health System)
Pelham
Medical Center, Greer (see Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System)
Piedmont
Medical Center, Rock Hill, @PiedmontMedical
Providence
Health - Northeast, Columbia (see Providence Health)
Providence
Health (Downtown), Columbia (see Providence Health)
Providence
Health, Columbia, @ProvHospSC
Ralph
H Johnson Va Medical Center, Charleston, @CharlestonVAMC
RCCH
HealthCare Partners (13 states), online contact form
Regency
Hospital of Greenville, (see Select Medical)
Regency
Hospital of South Carolina, Florence (see Select Medical)
Regional
Medical Center, Orangeburg, @RMCOrangeburg
RegionalCare
Hospital Partners (see RCCH HealthCare Partners)
Roper
Hospital, Berkeley (see Roper St. Francis)
Roper
Hospital, Charleston (see Roper St. Francis)
Roper
Rehabilitation Hospital, Charleston (see Roper St. Francis)
Roper
St. Francis (5 locations), @RoperStFrancis
Roper
St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital, Mount Pleasant (see Roper St. Francis)
Select
Medical (multi-state), @SelectM
Self
Regional Healthcare, Greenwood, @SelfRegional
Shriners
Hospitals for Children, Greenville, @SHCGreenville
Shriners
Hospitals for Children, USA, Canada, Mexico, @shrinershosp
Spartanburg
Hospital for Restorative Care, Spartanburg (see Spartanburg Regional Healthcare
System)
Spartanburg
Medical Center, Spartanburg (see Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System)
Spartanburg
Regional Healthcare System, Spartanburg, @SptbgRegional
Spartanburg
Rehabilitation Institute/Ernest Health, Spartanburg, online contact form
Springs
Memorial Hospital, Lancaster, online contact form
St.
Francis Hospital - Downtown, Greenville (see Bon Secours Health System)
St.
Francis Hospital - Eastside, Greenville (see Bon Secours Health System)
Strand
Urgent Care (multi-locations), @urgentcare843
Summerville
Medical Center, Summerville (see Trident Health)
Tidelands
Georgetown Memorial Hospital, Georgetown (see Tidelands Health)
Tidelands
Health (multi-locations), @tidelandshealth
Tidelands
Waccamaw Community Hospital, Murrells Inlet (see Tidelands Health)
Trident
Health, North Charleston, @TridentHealthPR
Trident
Medical Center, North Charleston (see Trident Health)
Tuomey
Regional Medical Center, Sumter (see Palmetto Health)
Union
Medical Center, Union (see Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System)
Universal
Health Services, Inc. (UHS), multi-state, (@UHS_Inc
VA
Medical Center, Columbia, @VAMCColumbiaSC
Vibra
Healthcare (multi-state), @VibraHealthcare
Vibra
Hospital of Charleston, Mount Pleasant (see Vibra Healthcare)
Waccamaw
Community Hospital, Murrells Inlet (see Tidelands Health)
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 South Carolina”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_South_Carolina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_South_Carolina
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