This work starts with people who believe it matters
The Hoffmann Goldsword Foundation is new. There is no large endowment, no sprawling staff, no decades of institutional history. What exists is a documented need, a clear mission, and the determination to build something that outlasts the circumstances that created it. Every person who joins this effort — as a donor, a sharer, a collaborator, or simply a witness — makes the next step possible.
The fact that you're here — reading this, considering this — means the work is already reaching further than a hospital waiting room in October 2024. Thank you for that.
Support the movement
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Fund the work of making this risk visible.
Right now, the most direct way to support the Foundation is through our GoFundMe campaign. Every contribution — at any level — funds the education, outreach, and advocacy infrastructure this work requires. Awareness campaigns don't run themselves. Clinical relationships take time to build. Policy conversations need sustained presence to move.
This is the unglamorous, necessary work of systems change. Your support makes it possible to keep going.
Support the Hoffmann Goldsword Foundation
We are currently raising funds through GoFundMe while our 501(c)(3) application is in progress. All contributions go directly toward the Foundation's education, awareness, and advocacy efforts.
ⓘ The Hoffmann Goldsword Foundation is currently in the process of obtaining 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. Contributions made during this period are not yet tax-deductible. We will update supporters as soon as our status is confirmed.
Share the story
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The most powerful thing you can do right now is tell someone
Chlorhexidine allergy is invisible in part because almost no one knows it exists. Most people — including many healthcare workers — have never been told it is possible. That changes one conversation at a time.
If this story moved you, if this risk feels important, if you know someone who works in healthcare or has a loved one facing surgery — share it. You don't need to explain the science. You just need to say: this is something people should know about.
The research exists. The evidence is documented. What's missing is awareness — and awareness begins with the people willing to pass it on.
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Share with someone in healthcare
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Collaborate
If you work in this space, we want to hear from you.
The Foundation cannot change clinical practice, hospital protocols, or health policy alone. That work requires the people inside those systems — the clinicians, researchers, administrators, and advocates who understand how change actually happens and are willing to help make it happen.
We are actively looking to build relationships across the following communities. If any of these describe you, please reach out.
Clinicians
Allergists, anesthesiologists, perioperative nurses, surgeons — if you want to bring CHG awareness into your practice or institution, we'd like to support that.
Hospitals & systems
If your institution is working toward CHG-free surgical pathways or wants to improve perioperative allergy protocols, we want to be part of that conversation.
Researchers
The epidemiology of CHG allergy is significantly undercharacterized. If you are working in this area or adjacent fields, we are interested in supporting and amplifying that work.
Media & advocates
Patient safety is a story that deserves wider telling. If you cover healthcare, policy, or patient advocacy — or work in that space — we are open to conversation.
Get in touch.
Every collaboration starts with a conversation. Whether you're a clinician who wants to bring CHG awareness into your practice, a researcher working in adjacent fields, a hospital administrator ready to ask hard questions about protocol, or a journalist covering patient safety — we want to hear from you. There are no wrong reasons to reach out. Fill out the form and someone from the Foundation will be in touch.
Stay connected
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Not ready to act yet? Stay close.
The Foundation is at the very beginning. There will be more research, more resources, more opportunities to get involved as the work develops. If you're not ready to donate or collaborate today but want to follow along as this unfolds — we'd still love to have you.
You can also reach us directly at info@hoffmanngoldsword.org. Are there topics you'd like the Foundation to investigate? A gap in the research, a clinical question, an experience of your own? Reach out — we read every message.