(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.
MISSISSIPPI
HOSPITALS/HEALTH SYSTEMS:
Acadiana
Management Group (AMG), Lafayette, online contact form
Allegiance
Specialty Hospital of Greenville, Greenville (left message w/Material Control
Dir., 662-332-7344)
Alliance
HealthCare Services (multi-state), @AIQ
American
Medical Association, @AmerMedicalAssn
American
Red Cross, @RedCross
AMG
Integrated Healthcare Management (multi-state), online contact form
AMG
Specialty Hospital-Greenwood, Greenwood, online contact form
Anderson
Regional Medical Center, Meridian, online contact form
Ascension,
U.S., @Ascensionorg
Baptist
Health Systems, Jackson, @baptistmednews
Baptist
Medical Center Attala, Kosciusko (see Baptist Health Systems)
Baptist
Medical Center, Leake (see Baptist Health Systems)
Baptist
Medical Center, Yazoo City (see Baptist Health Systems)
Baptist
Memorial Health Care (multi-state), @BaptistOnline
Baptist
Memorial Hospital-Booneville, Booneville (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)
Baptist
Memorial Hospital-Calhoun, Calhoun City (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)
Baptist
Memorial Hospital-DeSoto, Southaven (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)
Baptist
Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, Columbus (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)
Baptist
Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi, Oxford (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)
Baptist
Memorial Hospital-Union County, New Albany (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)
Batson
Children's Hospital, Jackson, @BlairEBatson
Beacham
Memorial Hospital, Magnolia (spoke w/Risk Mgmt. Dept., 601-783-2351)
Bolivar
Medical Center, Cleveland (left message w/Risk Mgmt. Dept., 662-846-0061)
Calhoun
Health Services, Calhoun City (see Baptist Memorial Health Care)
Cancer
Research Institute, USA, @CancerResearch
Canopy
Children's Solutions, Jackson, @canopychildren
Children's
Hospital Association, U.S., @hospitals4kids
Children's
Miracle Network Hospitals, USA, @cmnnj
Choctaw
Regional Medical Center/Rush Health Systems, Ackerman, Email: info@choctawregional.com
Claiborne
County Medical Center, Port Gibson (spoke w/Risk Mgmt. Dept., 601-437-5141)
Community
Health Systems, Inc. (CHS), multi-state, Email: Corporate_Communications@chs.net
Conerly
Critical Care Hospital, Jackson (see University of Mississippi Medical Center)
Copiah
County Medical Center, Hazlehurst (left message w/Quality Dir., 601-574-7000)
Covington
County Hospital, Collins (left message w/Risk Mgmt. Dept., 601-765-6711)
Delta
Regional Medical Center, Greenville (left message w/Risk Mgmt., 662-378-3783)
Diamond
Grove Center for Children & Adolescents, Louisville (spoke w/Dir., Risk
Mgmt./sent him email w/documentation, 662-779-0119)
Field
Health System, Centreville, Email: info@fhsms.org
Forrest
General Hospital, Hattiesburg (see Forrest Health)
Forrest
Health, Hattiesburg, @Forrest General
Franklin
County Memorial Hospital, Meadville, online contact form
G.
V. Montgomery VA Affairs Medical Center, Jackson, @VeteransHealth
Garden
Park Medical Center, Gulfport, online contact form
George
Regional Health System, Lucedale (left message w/Dir. of Pharmacy,
601-947-3161)
Gilmore
Memorial Hospital, Amory, online contact form
Greene
County Hospital/George Regional Health System, Leakesville (spoke w/Risk Mgmt.
Dept., 601-394-4135)
Greenwood
Leflore Hospital, Greenwood, @GLHnetwork
Greenwood
Specialty Hospital, Greenwood (see AMG Specialty Hospital)
Grenada
Lake Medical Center, Grenada (see University of Mississippi Medical Center)
Gulf
Coast Health Care, Gulfport, @GulfCoastHC
H.C.
Watkins Memorial Hospital/Rush Health Systems, Quitman (left message w/Dir. of
Pharmacy, 601-776-6925)
Hancock
Medical Center, Bay Saint Louis (see Ochsner Health System)
Hardy
Wilson Memorial Hospital, Hazlehurst (see Copiah County Medical Center)
Hattiesburg
Clinic, Hattiesburg, @HburgClinic
HCA
Healthcare, @HCAhealthcare
Highland
Community Hospital, Picayune (see Forrest Health)
Indian
Health Service (IHS), online contact form
Jackson
Heart Clinic, Jackson, @JacksonHeartMS
Jackson
State University Health Center, Jackson, Email: healthservices@jsums.edu
Jackson-Hinds
Comprehensive Health Center (23 locations), @JhchcMs
Jasper
General Hospital, Bay Springs (left message w/Director of Nursing, 601-764-2101)
Jefferson
County Hospital, Fayette, Email: jch@jeffhospital.com
Jefferson
Davis Community Hospital, Prentiss (see Forrest Health)
John
C. Stennis Memorial Hospital/Rush Health Systems, De Kalb (spoke w/hospital
nurse, 769-486-1000)
King's
Daughters Hospital, Yazoo City (see Baptist Health System)
King's
Daughters Medical Center, Brookhaven, @KDMCBrookhaven
Lackey
Memorial Hospital/Pioneer Health Services, Forest, Email: info@lackeymemorialhospital.com
Laird
Hospital/Rush Health Systems, Union (left message w/Risk Mgmt. Dept.,
601-774-8214)
Lawrence
County Hospital, Monticello (see Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center)
Leake
Memorial Hospital, Carthage (see Baptist Health System)
LifePoint
Health (multi-states), @LifePointHealth
Magee
General Hospital, Magee, @MageeGeneral
Magnolia
Regional Health Center, Corinth, @MRHC1
Marion
General Hospital, Columbia (see Forrest Health)
Memorial
Hospital at Gulfport, Gulfport, @MemorialGulf
Merit
Health Batesville, Batesville (see Tri-Lakes Hospital)
Merit
Health Biloxi, online contact form
Merit
Health Central, Jackson, online contact form
Merit
Health Madison County, Canton, online contact form
Merit
Health Natchez, online contact form
Merit
Health Northwest Mississippi, Clarksdale, online contact form
Merit
Health Rankin, Brandon, online contact form
Merit
Health River Oaks, Flowood, online contact form
Merit
Health River Region, Vicksburg, online contact form
Merit
Health Wesley, Hattiesburg, online contact form
Merit
Health Woman's Hospital, Jackson, online contact form
Methodist
Healthcare (multi-state; 117 locations), @MethodistHlth
Methodist
Rehabilitation Center, Jackson, @MethodistRehab
Mississippi
Baptist Health Systems, Inc., Jackson (see Baptist Health Systems)
Mississippi
Baptist Medical Center, Jackson (see Baptist Health Systems)
Mississippi
Hospital Association, Madison, @MHA
Mississippi
Hospital for Restorative Care, Jackson (see Baptist Health Systems)
Mississippi
Methodist Hospital & Rehabilitation Center, Inc., Jackson (see Methodist
Rehabilitation Center)
Montfort
Jones Memorial Hospital, Koscius (see Baptist Health Systems)
Natchez
Community Hospital, Natchez (see Merit Health - Natchez)
Natchez
Regional Medical Center, Natchez (see Merit Health - Natchez)
Neshoba
County General Hospital, Philadelphia, @NeshobaGeneral
North
Mississippi Health Services (4 locations), @NMMC_news + online contact form
North
Mississippi State Hospital, Tupelo, Email: info@nmsh.state.ms.us
North
Oak Regional Medical Center (NORMC), Senatobia, online contact form
North
Sunflower Medical Center, Ruleville, @NSMCenter
Northwest
Mississippi Regional Medical Center, Clarksdale (see Merit Health Northwest
Mississippi)
Noxubee
Medical Complex, Macon, online contact form
Ocean
Springs Hospital, Ocean Springs (see Singing River Health System)
OCH
Regional Medical Center, Starkville, Email: mfulcher@och.org
Ochsner
Health System (MS/LA), @OchsnerHealth
Ochsner
Specialty Health Center - Cedar Lake, Biloxi (see Ochsner Health System)
Oktibbeha
County Hospital, Starkville (see OCH Regional Medical Center)
Panola
Medical Center, Batesville (see Tri-Lakes Hospital)
Pearl
River County Hospital, Poplarville (left message w/Risk Mgmt. Dept.,
601-795-4543)
Perry
County General Hospital, Richton (left message w/Dir. of Nursing, 601-788-6316)
Pioneer
Community Hospital of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (see Pioneer Health Services)
Pioneer
Health Services (multi-state), online contact form
Promise
Healthcare, Inc., @Promise_Health
Promise
Hospital of Vicksburg, Vicksburg (see Promise Healthcare, Inc.)
Promise
Specialty Hospital of Vicksburg, Vicksburg (see Promise Healthcare, Inc.)
Regency
Hospital of Hattiesburg, Hattiesburg (see Select Medical)
Regency
Hospital of Jackson, Jackson (see Select Medical)
Regency
Hospital of Meridian, Meridian (see Select Medical)
Regional
One Health, MS/TN/AR, @RegOneHealthFDN (left message w/Risk Mgmt. Dept.,
901-545-7100)
Rush
Foundation Hospital, Meridian (see Rush Health Systems)
Rush
Health Systems, MS/AL (spoke w/Risk Mgmt. Dept., 601-483-0011)
Scott
Regional Hospital/Rush Health Systems, Morton (left message w/Risk Mgmt. Dept.,
601-732-6301)
Select
Medical (multi-state), @SelectM
Select
Specialty Hospital - Belhaven, Jackson (see Select Medical)
Select
Specialty Hospital of Jackson, Jackson (see Select Medical)
Select
Specialty Hospital, Gulfport (see Select Medical)
Sharkey-Issaquena
Community Hospital, Rolling Fork (left message w/Risk Mgmt. Dept., 662-873-5205)
Sherwood
Urgent Care, (multi-state), @SherwoodClinic
Shriners
Hospitals for Children, U.S., Canada, Mexico, @shrinershosp
Simpson
General Hospital, Mendenhall (left message w/Risk Mgmt. Dept., 601-847-2221)
Singing
River Health System, Jackson County, @mySingingRiver
Singing
River Hospital, Pascagoula (see Singing River Health System)
South
Central Regional Medical Center, Laurel, @scrmc
South
Sunflower County Hospital, Indianola (spoke w/Risk Mgmt. Dept., 662-887-5235)
Southwest
Mississippi Regional Medical Center, McComb/Monticello (spoke w/Risk Mgmt.
Dept., 601-249-5500)
Specialty
Hospital of Meridian/Rush Health Systems, Meridian (left message w/Clinical
Pharmacy Mgr., 601-703-4432)
St.
Dominic's Hospital, Jackson, @StDomHospital
Stone
County Hospital, Wiggins, online contact form
Tallahatchie
General Hospital, Charleston, Email: 6478000@mytgh.com
Tippah
County Hospital, Ripley (see Pioneer Health Services)
Tishomingo
Health Services, Iuka (see North Mississippi Medical Center)
Trace
Regional Hospital, Houston (spoke w/pharmacy staff, 662-456-3700)
Tri-Lakes
Hospital, Batesville, @TriLakesMC
Tyler
Holmes Memorial Hospital, Winona, online contact form
U.S.
Air Force Medical Center, Keesler, @USAFHealth
Universal
Health Services, Inc. (UHS), multi-state, @UHS_Inc
University
Hospital and Clinics, Lexington (see University of Mississippi Medical Center)
University
Hospitals and Health System, Jackson, @UMMCnews
University
of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, @UMMCnews
VA
Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System, Biloxi, @VABiloxi
Walthall
General Hospital, Tylertown (see Forrest Health)
Wayne
General Hospital, Waynesboro (left message w/Product Services Mgr., 1-877-521-9781)
Webster
Health Services, Eupora (see North Mississippi Medical Center)
Winfred
L. Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants, Jackson (see University of Mississippi
Medical Center)
Winston
Medical Center, Louisville, @WinstonMedical
Woman's
Hospital at River Oaks, Jackson (see Merit Health Woman's Hospital)
Yalobusha
General Hospital, Water Valley, online contact form
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 Mississippi”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Mississippi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Mississippi
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