Cook Childrens Medical Center Ratings

801 Seventh Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76104
Phone: (682) 885-4000

Hospital Type: Childrens
Emergency Services: YES

Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings

Infectious Disease at Cook Childrens Medical Center

Drug resistant bacteria are becoming a large health risk facing the United States. There are an increasing number of drug resistant bacteria, including: drug resistant bacteria due primarily to unnecessary and mis-applied use among humans and livestock, patients with hospitalizations for relatively minor reasons can suddenly face lifethreatening illness.

Infectious Disease	Cases
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year¹	Not Available
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	Not Available

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 0h 0m

Patient Ratings

While customer satisfaction surveys don't necessarily reflect the quality of care provided at the hospital, it can identify some areas that are important standards to maintain, such as managing pain and maintaining a sanitary environment.

Overall Patient Rating: POOR

Positive Patient Ratings

No consistently positive ratings

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Nurses often fail to communicate
Doctors often fail to communicate with patients
Patients often don't receive help when they request it
Facilities are sometimes dirty

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Cook Childrens Medical Center Stories

Mar 29, 2023, 10:16 PM
Cook Childrens Medical Center: "4 hours" - Mikaela

Jun 07, 2022, 6:26 PM
Cook Childrens Medical Center: "It’s the worst too camin in this hospital they’re soo not response too cam too see my grandson he’s soo in pain they told me if don’t want too Wait you can go" - Trim

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