April 24, 2017 by admin
(The Washington Post: Published 04/18/2017, Naqvi, Jia, Web) Surgery checklists save lives, a study released Monday found. Hospitals in South Carolina that completed a voluntary, statewide program to implement the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist had a 22 percent reduction in post-surgical deaths. The study, set to publish in the August 2017 issue of Annals of Surgery, […]
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July 27, 2016 by admin
(CNBC: Published 07/25/2016, Mangan, Dan, Web) Thirty-five people died in the United States after contracting infections from contaminated medical scopes made by Olympus Corp. in the years after a company official told American executives not to issue widespread warnings to U.S. hospitals “about potentially deadly infections from tainted medical scopes,” a new report says. That decision not […]
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July 20, 2016 by admin
(Allentown Morning Call: Published 07/19/2016, Keppler, Nick, Web) “Last year, 253 people in Pennsylvania died under circumstances for which a medical professional may have been responsible. The state knows where these deaths happen — which hospitals, care homes and other medical facilities — but it doesn’t allow you to know. The agency tasked with keeping […]
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May 4, 2016 by admin
(The Washington Post: Published 05/03/2016, Eunjung Cha, Ariana, Web) Nightmare stories of nurses giving potent drugs meant for one patient to another and surgeons removing the wrong body parts have dominated recent headlines about medical care. Lest you assume those cases are the exceptions, a new study by patient safety researchers provides some context. Their analysis, published in the BMJ on […]
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March 3, 2016 by admin
(The Philadelphia Inquirer: Published 03/02/2016, Avril, Tom, Web) Weeklong trips to Japan. Winery tours, ballooning excursions, and spa treatments. Unrestricted grants for “research,” doled out by sales representatives. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday it was all part of an illegal effort by Olympus Corp. of the Americas, based in Center Valley, Pa., near Allentown, to induce […]
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October 27, 2015 by admin
(The Philadelphia Inquirer: Published 10/26/2015, Avril, Tom, Web) Eight open-heart surgery patients at WellSpan York Hospital apparently were infected with bacteria that grew in the heating-cooling devices used with bypass machines, hospital officials said Monday. Four of the patients at the central Pennsylvania hospital later died, with the infections “likely a contributing factor,” hospital officials […]
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April 13, 2015 by admin
(Philadelphia Inquirer: Published 04/12/2015, Avril, Tom, Web) A few years ago, researchers from 3M Co. tested 245 endoscopes – long tubes used to look inside the colon and other organs – to see whether the devices had been properly scrubbed of blood, tissue, and other human debris. The results of the tests, conducted at five […]
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September 3, 2014 by admin
Bloomberg News reports that after setting aside $2.5 billion last year to resolve claims that 8,000 of its artificial hips were defective, Johnson & Johnson “faces a new round of lawsuits over another line of hip implants blamed for poisoning patients.” The company’s DePuy unit “is readying for the first trial of allegations that the […]
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July 8, 2014 by admin
Research has confirmed that 440,000 people die every year because of preventable medical errors. Preventable medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States and cost our country tens of billions of dollars a year. Despite this serious epidemic, corporate front groups are working hard in the U.S. Congress and state legislatures throughout the […]
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June 23, 2014 by admin
From the desk of John R. Badal, President of the Berks county law firm of Liever, Hyman & Potter. In Barrick v. Holy Spirit Hospital an evenly divided Pa. Supreme Court agreed with a Superior Court opinion which shielded attorney and expert witness communications from disclosure. The plaintiff was seriously injured when a chair collapsed […]
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