The Royal Melbourne Hospital has withdrawn thousands of surgical instruments after the discovery of a rare brain disease that killed a patient. A brain surgery patient died in the hospital earlier ...
The hospital has a history of sterilization issues dating back to 2014, when a surgeon reported surgical instruments were sometimes not properly washed and sterilized. A state investigation found ...
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment completed its investigation into Denver-based Porter Adventist Hospital April 17. In its report, the CDPHE found the hospital failed to ...
Fayetteville | Officials at a North Carolina hospital say about 160 patients may have been exposed to staph infection because surgical instruments weren't properly sterilized. Officials at Cape Fear ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In July, inspectors uncovered a massive backlog of uncleaned tools, prompting the hospital to halt all nonemergency surgeries from ...
INDIANAPOLIS — The Roudebush VA Medical Center usually performs hundreds of surgeries every month, but 13 Investigates has learned some of those surgeries have been put on hold – and a special ...
Before an automated surgical instrument tracking process was deployed last year at Westmead Children's Hospital, in the Australian state of New South Wales, up to five instruments a week went missing.
Federal health officials are investigating allegations of dirty surgical instruments and other quality problems at the Detroit Medical Center in response to allegations made last week by physicians.