DENVER (CBS4)- State and federal investigators have released their reports into the sterilization issues of surgical instruments at Porter Adventist Hospital, two months after the hospital resumed ...
It seemed simple enough at the time. In 2009, John Harrison, a 63–year-old oil industry sales manager in Mission, Texas, had surgery to repair the rotator cuff in his right shoulder, a routine ...
An investigation at Carilion Roanoke (Va.) Memorial Hospital revealed sterilization issues with surgical equipment that reportedly occurred between March and September 2023, Cardinal News reported ...
One of the most dangerous places to be in America is on an Operating Room table. The Leapfrog Group estimates that as many as 400,000 patients die every year due to preventable hospital errors. And if ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - John Krasowski, 61, of Colorado Springs has quite a story to tell. In early April, he went into Porter Hospital for back surgery. They opened him up, then his surgeon ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Nearly 1% of all surgical instruments in hospitals nationwide are rejected before they get to the operating room. They’re screened for blemishes left over from the sterilization ...
Detroit Receiving hospital stopped surveillance of most surgical site infections due to staff cuts in 2018, including for patients exposed to dirty surgical instruments, according to a report released ...
The system delivers ready-to-use instruments directly to operating tables. Singapore’s Sengkang General Hospital (SKH) is using robots and conveyor belts to store, retrieve and transport delicate ...
NEW DELHI: The emergency ward of Delhi government-run Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital is reeling under an acute shortage of essential surgical instruments, forcing doctors to raise alarm over the ...