Wisconsin Hospitals/Health Systems Contacted

(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.

WISCONSIN HOSPITALS/HEALTH SYSTEMS:

Affinity Health System, Northeast Wisconsin, @affinityhealth

Agnesian HealthCare (multi-locations), Fond du Lac, @InGoodHealthFDL

All Saint's Healthcare, Racine (see Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare)

Allina Health (multi-state), @AllinaHealth

American Family Children's Hospital, Madison (see UW Health, American Family Children's Health)

American Medical Association, @AmerMedicalAssn

American Red Cross, USA, @RedCross

Amery Hospital & Clinic, Amery, FB message

Appleton Medical Center, Appleton (see ThedaCare)

Ascension, USA, @Ascensionorg

Aspirus Health, WI/MI, @AspirusHealth

Aspirus Langlade Hospital, Antigo (see Aspirus Health)

Aspirus Medford Hospital, Medford (see Aspirus Health)

Aspirus Riverview Hospital, Wisconsin Rapids (see Aspirus Health)

Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Wausau (see Aspirus Health)

Aurora BayCare Medical Center, Green Bay, FB message

Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, @Aurora_Health

Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, Elkhorn (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, Grafton (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha, Kenosha (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora Medical Center in Manitowoc County, Two Rivers (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh, Oshkosh (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora Medical Center in Summit, Summit (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora Medical Center in Washington County, Hartford (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora Medical Center, Fond du Lac (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington, Burlington (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center, Sheboygan (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro, Inc., Milwaukee (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro, Inc., Milwaukee (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora St. Luke's South Shore of Aurora Health Care Metro, Inc., Cudahy (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora Surgery Center, Plymouth, (see Aurora Health Care)

Aurora West Allis Medical Center, West Allis (see Aurora Health Care)

Baldwin Area Medical Center, Baldwin (see Western Wisconsin Health)

Bay Area Medical Center, Marinette, Email: jhofer@bamc.org

Beaver Dam Community Hospitals, Beaver Dam, online contact form

Bellin Health Systems, Green Bay, @BellinHealth

Bellin Memorial Hospital, Green Bay (see Bellin Health Systems)

Beloit Health System, Beloit, @BeloitHealth

Black River Memorial Hospital, Black River Falls, online contact form

Bond Community Center, Oconto (see Bellin Health Systems)

Boscobel Area Health Care, Boscobel (see Gunderson Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics)

Burnett Medical Center, Grantsburg, FB message

Calumet Medical Center, Chilton (see Affinity Health System)

Cancer Research Institute, USA, @CancerResearch

Children's Hospital Association, USA, @hospitals4kids

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Fox Valley (see Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, @childhealthwi

Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, USA, @cmnnj 

Chippewa Valley Hospital, Durand, online contact form

Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center (see Milwaukee VAMC)

Columbia Center Birth Hospital, Mequon, @ColumbiaCenter

Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Milwaukee (see Columbia St. Mary's)

Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee, Mequon (see Columbia St. Mary's)

Columbia St. Mary's Women's Hospital, Milwaukee (see Columbia St. Mary's)

Columbia St. Mary's, @ColumbiaStMarys

Columbus Community Hospital, Columbus, online contact form

Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls (see Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin)

Community Memorial Hospital, Oconto Falls (St. Clare Memorial Hospital, Oconto Falls)

Crossing Rivers Health, Prairie du Chien, @CRHMedCenter

Cumberland Healthcare, Cumberland, FB message

Divine Savior Healthcare, Portage, online contact form

Door County Memorial Hospital, Sturgeon Bay, FB message

Eagle River Memorial Hospital, Eagle River (see Ministry Health Care)

Edgerton Hospital & Health Services, Edgerton

Edgerton Hospital, Edgerton, @EdgertonHosp 

Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, Brookfield (see Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare)

Essentia Health, MN/WI/ND/ID, @EssentiaHealth 

Flambeau Hospital, Park Falls (see Ministry Health Care)

Fort HealthCare, @FortHealthCare

Fort Memorial Hospital, Fort Atkinson (see Fort HealthCare)

Franciscan Skemp Healthcare (see Mayo Clinic Health System)

Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, @Froedtert

Good Samaritan Health Center, Merrill (see Ministry Health Care)

Grant Regional Health Center, Lancaster, FB message

Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics, Boscobel (see Gundersen Health System)

Gundersen Health System, WI/MN/IA, @gundersenhealth 

Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse (see Gundersen Health System)

Hayward Area Memorial Hospital, Hayward (spoke w/Dir. of Pharmacy, 715-934-4321)

Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, Manitowoc, FB message

Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), WI/IL, FB message

Howard Young Medical Center, Woodruff (see Ministry Health Care)

Hudson Hospital, Hudson, @HudsonHospital

Indianhead Medical Center, Shell Lake (see Mid-Atlantic Health Care, LLC)

Kenosha Memorial Hospital, Kenosha (see United Hospital System)

Lakeview Medical Center of Rice Lake, Rice Lake (see Marshfield Clinic)

Lakeview Specialty Hospital, Waterford, @Lakeview

Langlade Memorial Hospital, Antigo (see Aspirus Health)

LifeCare Hospitals (multi-state), @LifeCare_Health

Luther Hospital, Eau Claire (see Mayo Clinic Health System)

Luther Midelfort, Chippewa Valley (see Mayo Clinic Health System)

Luther Midelfort, Northland (see Mayo Clinic Health System)

Luther Midelfort, Oakridge (see Mayo Clinic Health System)

Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, @mfldclinic

Mayo Clinic Health System (multi-state), @MayoClinicHS

Memorial Health Center, Medford (see Aspirus Health)

Memorial Hospital of Burlington, Burlington (see Aurora Health Care)

Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County, Darlington, online contact form

Memorial Medical Center, Ashland, @AshlandMMC

Mercy Health System (see Ascension)  

Mercy Hospital, Janesville (see Mercy Health System)

Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh (see Affinity Health System)

Mercy Walworth Hospital & Medical Center, Lake Geneva (see Mercy Health System)

Meriter Hospital, Madison (see UnityPoint Health)

Mid-Atlantic Health Care, LLC, online contact form

Mile Bluff Medical Center, Mauston, FB message

Milwaukee Regional Medical Center, Wauwautosa, @TravelMRMC

Milwaukee VAMC, Milwaukee, @milwaukeeva

Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital, Eagle River (see Ministry Health Care)

Ministry Good Samaritan Health Center, Merrill (see Ministry Health Care)

Ministry Health Care (central/northern WI), @Ministry_Health 

Monroe Clinic Hospital, Monroe, @monroe_clinic

Moundview Memorial Hospital & Clinics, Friendship, online contact form

New London Family Medical Center, New London (see ThedaCare)

North Central Health Care (5 locations), @NCHC_CentralWI

Oakleaf Surgical Hospital, Eau Claire, @OLSH2001

Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital, Oconomowoc (see ProHealth Care)

Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, Glendale (see Columbia St. Mary's)

Orthopedic Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, online contact form

Osceola Medical Center, Osceola, FB message

Our Lady of Victory Hospital, Stanley (see Ministry Health Care)

Post Acute Medical (PAM), multi-state, @PostAcuteMed

Prairie du Chien Memorial Hospital, Prairie du Chien (see Crossing Rivers Health)

Prevea Health, Green Bay, @Prevea

ProHealth Care, Southeastern Wisconsin, @prohealthcare

Red Cedar Medical Center, Menomonie (see May Clinic Health System)

Reedsburg Area Medical Center (RAMC), Reedsburg, @ramchealth

Richland Hospital, Richland, @RichlandHosp

Ripon Medical Center, Ripon (see Agnesian HealthCare)

River Falls Area Hospital, River Falls (see Allina Health)

River Woods Urgent Care, Glendale (see Columbia St. Mary's)

Riverside Medical Center, Waupaca (see ThedaCare)

Riverview Hospital Association, Wisconsin Rapids (see Aspirus Health)

Rogers Behavioral Health (multi-state), @Rogers_BH

Rusk County Memorial Hospital & Clinic, Ladysmith, FB message

Sacred Heart Hospital/HSHS Health System, Eau Claire, @sacredhearthosp

Sacred Heart Medical Center, Rhinelander (see Ministry Health Care)

Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Institute, Milwaukee (see Columbia St. Mary's)

Saint Clare's Hospital, Weston (see Ministry Health Care)

Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital, Prairie du Sac (see SSM Health)

Select Medical (multi-states), @SelectM

Select Specialty Hospital, Milwaukee (see Select Medical)

Shawano Medical Center, Shawano (see ThedaCare)

Shriners Hospitals for Children, USA, Canada, Mexico, @shrinershosp

Southwest Health, Platteville, @SouthwestHealth

Spooner Health System, Spooner, online contact form

SSM Health (multi-state), @SSMHealth

St. Catherine's Hospital, Kenosha (see United Hospital System)

St. Clare Hospital, Baraboo (see SSM Health)

St. Clare Memorial Hospital, Oconto Falls, @stclarememorial

St. Croix Regional Medical Center, St. Croix, online contact form

St. Elizabeth Hospital, Appleton (see Affinity Health System)

St. Francis Hospital, Milwaukee (see Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare)

St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, Marshfield (see Marshfield Clinic)

St. Joseph's Community Health Services, Hillsboro (see Gundersen Health System)

St. Joseph's Community Hospital, West Bend (see Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin)          

St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield (see Marshfield Clinic)

St. Joseph's Hospital/HSHS Health System, Chippewa Falls, @StJoesHospital

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Milwaukee (see Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare)

St. Luke's Memorial Hospital, Racine (see Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare)

St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center/HSHS, Green Bay, online contact form

St. Mary's Hospital of Superior, Superior (see Essentia Health)

St. Mary's Hospital, Green Bay, @stmgb

St. Mary's Hospital, Madison (see SSM Health)

St. Mary's Janesville Hospital, Janesville (see SSM Health)

St. Michael's Hospital, Stevens Point (see Ministry Health Care)

St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, @stnicholashosp

St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay, @stvgb

Stoughton Hospital, Stoughton, @StoughtonHosp

ThedaCare, Appleton, @ThedaCareHealth

Tomah Memorial Hospital, Tomah, FB message

Tomah VA Medical Center, Tomah, @TomahVAMC

Tri-County Memorial Hospital, Whitehall (see Gundersen Health System)

United Hospital System, Kenosha, FB message

UnityPoint Health (multi-state), @UnityPointNews

University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics, Madison (see UW Health)

Upland Hills Health, Dodgeville, FB message

UW Health, American Family Children's Hospital, Madison, @uwhealthkids

UW Health, Madison, @uwhealth [Blocked my Twitter account], FB message

Vernon Memorial Healthcare, Viroqua, @Vernon_Memorial

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tomah (see Tomah VA Medical Center)

Watertown Memorial Hospital, Watertown, online contact form

Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha, see ProHealth Care

Waupun Memorial Hospital, Waupun (see Agnesian HealthCare)

West Allis Memorial Hospital, West Allis (see Aurora Health Care)

Western Wisconsin Health, Baldwin, @WWHealth_

Westfields Hospital & Clinic, New Richmond, FB message

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, Southeast Wisconsin, @wheatonfwi

Wild Rose Community Memorial Hospital, Wild Rose (see ThedaCare)

William S. Middleton Memorial VA Hospital, Madison, @VeteransHealth

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

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

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

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2011/016679s104,016682s105,016692s095,019367s026lbl.pdf

"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

DEXTROSE (CORN SUGAR): FDA FEDERAL REGULATION, GRAS - 184.1857

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=184.1857

“Corn Products and Derivatives List,” Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT), 6/6/17

https://responsibletechnology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Corn-Products-Derivatives-06-06-17.pdf

Corn Allergy Statistics (Monthly)

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/04/corn-allergy-statistics-monthly.html

Corn: It's Everything, Iowa Corn
https://www.iowacorn.org/education/corn-its-everything/

Diane H., Corn Allergy Advocate

Corn Allergy Advocacy/Resources

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/

@CornAllergy911

Source:

“List of hospitals in Wisconsin”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Wisconsin