Infection creates wounds faster than an autopath can take them so you're basically dead if you don't have necromantic means of self healing or a full herbal remedy kit to heal yourself. Alternatively implement Suicide Booths at autopaths for patients with infected wounds.

I died surrounded by 6 afk PC Empaths in the Empath guild courtyard today after it became clear that Kaiva and Martyr put together couldn't heal fast enough to keep up with the infected wound pulse when I initially walked into the Hospital with 73% vitality and 8 slight bleeders. That's pretty frustrating.