United States Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

(Updated September, 2021)

The primary message I am sharing with these hospitals/health systems is that it will now be their responsibility to provide corn-free nutrition, water/fluids, and medications to corn-allergic patients.  Otherwise, it could be interpreted that hospitals are discriminating against the corn allergy population. The practice of requiring corn-allergic patients to supply their own sources of previously-prepared corn-free nutrition, liquids, and medications while hospitalized will no longer be acceptable.

In addition, 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)

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 individual hospitals/health systems in each state for the last couple of years.  As I now complete a state, I will update the list on my blog. 

Alabama Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/alabama-state-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Alaska Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/alaska-state-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Arizona Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/arizona-state-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Arkansas Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/arkansas-state-hospitalshealth-systems.html

California Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/09/california-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Colorado Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/colorado-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Connecticut Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/connecticut-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Delaware Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/delaware-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Florida Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/florida-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Georgia Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/georgia-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Hawaii Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/hawaii-hospitalshealth-systems-contacted.html

Idaho Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/idaho-hospitalshealth-systems-contacted.html

Illinois Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/08/illinois-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Indiana Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/indiana-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Iowa Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/iowa-state-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Kansas Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/kansas-hospitalshealth-systems-contacted_10.html

Kentucky Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/kentucky-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Louisiana Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/08/louisiana-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Maine Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/maine-hospitalshealth-systems-contacted.html

Maryland Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/maryland-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Massachusetts Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/massachusetts-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Michigan Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/07/michigan-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Minnesota Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/minnesota-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Mississippi Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/07/mississippi-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Missouri Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/07/missouri-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Montana Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/montana-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Nebraska Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/nebraska-state-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Nevada Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/nevada-hospitalshealth-systems-contacted.html

New Hampshire Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/new-hampshire-hospitalshealth-systems.html

New Jersey Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/07/new-jersey-hospitalshealth-systems.html

New Mexico Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/new-mexico-hospitalshealth-systems.html

New York Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/09/new-york-hospitalshealth-systems.html

North Carolina Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/07/north-carolina-hospitalshealth-systems.html

North Dakota Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/north-dakota-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Ohio Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/08/ohio-hospitalshealth-systems-contacted.html

Oklahoma Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/oklahoma-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Oregon Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/oregon-hospitalshealth-systems-contacted.html

Pennsylvania Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/08/pennsylvania-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Rhode Island Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/rhode-island-hospitalshealth-systems.html

South Carolina Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/south-carolina-hospitalshealth-systems.html

South Dakota Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/south-dakota-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Tennessee Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/tennessee-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Texas Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/10/texas-hospitalshealth-systems-contacted.html

Utah Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/utah-hospitalshealth-systems-contacted.html

Vermont Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/vermont-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Virginia Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/virginia-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Washington, DC Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/washington-dc-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Washington State Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/washington-state-hospitalshealth.html

West Virginia Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/west-virginia-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Wisconsin Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/07/wisconsin-hospitalshealth-systems.html

Wyoming Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/wyoming-hospitalshealth-systems.html

CORN ALLERGY AWARENESS / DOCUMENTATION

Baxter Labs specifically warns against 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://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/06/product-information-sheet-warns-against.html

"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

Corn Allergy Statistics (Monthly)
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/04/corn-allergy-statistics-monthly.html

Published Corn Allergy Studies/Statistics  (“. . . Maize major allergen . . .”)

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/published-corn-allergy-studies.html

Blog Post Forwarded to Hospitals/Health Systems

[Only to those w/Twitter accounts]

July, 2020

My July 2, 2020, Appeal to the NIH National Library of Medicine Re: PubChem CID 79025, Glucose (Blood Sugar) vs. Dextrose (Corn Sugar Derived from Cornstarch)

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/07/my-july-2-2020-appeal-to-nih-national.html

Blog Posts Forwarded to Hospitals/Health Systems
with Active Twitter Accounts

September, 2021

Dextrose is the chemical name for corn sugar manufactured from cornstarch/D-glucose, 21CFR184.1857, which can prove fatal to anyone with an IgE-mediated allergy to corn.
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2021/06/dextrose-is-corn-sugar-21cfr1841857-and.html

Guidelines for reporting clinicians who administer corn sugar (dextrose/D-glucose)-containing IV fluids to corn-allergic patients in direct violation of the contraindication warning in the package insert.
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2019/12/lactated-ringers-in-5-dextrose.html

Diane H., Corn Allergy Advocate

Corn Allergy Advocacy/Resources

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/

Email:  cornallergyinitiative@gmail.com

Twitter:  @CornAllergy911