Study: Communication Breakdowns Lead to Hospital Errors
A new study suggests that minor miscommunications may contribute to hospital errors, even if preventive measures are taken. Operating-room and critical-care nurses were surveyed by their professional organization and VitalSmarts, a global training and consulting firm, in order to determine how hospital errors take place. Eighty-five percent of 2,383 nurses surveyed said they’d been in a situation where measures put in place to reduce errors, including checklists and other safety protocols. However, 58 percent of the nurses said they’d been …
Continue →Judge Rejects Plea Deal for Hepatitis-C Hospital Tech
A federal judge has rejected a plea agreement which would have sent a drug-addicted surgery technician to prison for 20 years for stealing pain killing syringes and spreading hepatitis C to dozens of former patients.
Continue →Colonoscopy Center Hepatitis Outbreak Blamed on Unsafe Needle Practices
A 2008 hepatitis outbreak at a Nevada colonoscopy center was caused by several unsafe practices involving the handling of syringes and other medical devices, a report from state officials has concluded.
Continue →Rare Infection Passed Through Organ Donation
In what is being called a medical first, hospital officials in Mississippi say a very rare but dangerous infection was passed from an organ donor to at least two recipients who suffered critical illnesses.
Continue →Illinois Supreme Court Delays Ruling on Med Mal Cap
The Illinois Supreme Court has delayed issuing a much-anticipated ruling on whether the state’s four-year-old cap on medical malpractice awards is legal.
Continue →Class-Action Suit Filed Over Botched CT Scans
An Alabama woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against the makers of a CT scan machine for allegedly exposing her and possibly hundreds of other patients to excess radiation during medical imaging exams.
Continue →CT Scan Radiation Injury Toll Rises to 250 Patients
Another 50 patients have been added to the list of those who were exposed to potentially dangerous high levels of radiation during CT brain scans at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, officials said. The number of patients who received up to eight times the level of radiation that is supposed to be administered during the exams to diagnose strokes now stands at 250, according to an Associated Press report. As officials continue to investigate the scope of the emerging …
Continue →More Patients Linked to Radiation Overdoses From Botched CT Scans
The number of stroke patients who were exposed to potentially dangerous overdoses of radiation during CT brain scans at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is growing.
Continue →Illinois Nursing Home Patients Improperly Drugged, Newspaper Investigation Finds
Thousands of residents in nursing homes throughout Illinois have been forced to take powerful psychotropic drugs and suffered fatal falls, tremors, and other serious injuries, including to an investigative report from the Chicago Tribune.
Continue →FDA Launches Investigation of LASIK Eye Surgery Problems
The Food and Drug Administration is taking a closer look at LASIK eye surgery and trying to find out just how many people have suffered significant health problems following the popular vision-correction procedures.
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