Infection control problems emerge at three VA hospitals

I was being treated by the VAMC West Haven, CT. I had a NPN in psychiatry who treated me for many years. She had a high absentee rate over the course of caregiving. Prior to leaving Connecticut for another state, she told me she was leaving the VA for another position. All those days she was absent, she was being treated intravenously (PIC line) for an airborne contaminant that had infected her sinus cavities. I do not know the specific bug involved. At the time I was dealing with the Joint Commission (JACHO) regarding improprieties (falsification of my medical record) and I reported this case as a failure to report an infection within confines of hospital.

RE: SURGERY AT V.A. HOSPITAL. . .
Thank God, . . I didn't acquire the H.I.V. Virus Infection but, . . I did
contract a bacterial infection in my right knee during a total knee
joint replacement. That led to the need for 8 or 9 additional
surgical procedures because the tissue wouldn't heal up around
the incisions. Also, . . I was encouraged to bear FULL WEIGHT
on that leg too soon and the shaft in the lower leg sank down into
the leg and ruptured a hole in the front of the bone and the glue
from the surgery was forced out into my leg, (under the skin but
outside the bone). Now the right leg is 1 inch shorter than the left.
Then, . . following an inpatient stay of over a month
long I was informed that it was INCURABLE and would require
LIFE-LONG SUPPRESSION to control the infection. Also, . . The
manifestation of the infection is that it causes constant, chronic,
unbearable pain in the hip, knees and feet joints as well as the
lower spinal column. Consequently, I have been on a 24/7 regimen
of strong ANTIBIOTICS and PAIN RELIEVERS for over 6 1/2 years.
And, . . The pain and agony I have endured is indescribable !
I have been told that even amputation above the knee would NOT
cure the infection nor stop the pain. This infection has absolutely
DESTROYED MY ENTIRE LIFE !!!