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Report: Healthcare-Associated Infections Increased During COVID-19 Pandemic

July 7, 2023

Healthcare-Associated Infections Increased During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization founded by large employers and others in 2000 that drives a movement for giant leaps for patient safety, issued a report on May 3, 2023 entitled “New Leapfrog Hospital Saf[...]

England’s National Health Service Plagued By Infection Malpractice Claims

April 24, 2014

England’s National Health Service (“NHS”), the world’s largest publicly funded health service, has seen a recent unhealthy uptick in infection rates and in medical malpractice claims involving infections. The National Institution for Health and Care Excellence (“NICE&#[...]

New Hampshire Med Tech Charged In Hep C Outbreak

July 22, 2012

A traveling contract medical techician (“med tech”) had his career abruptly ended after being accused of causing a hepatitis C outbreak involving 31 patients over the period of a few months in a New Hampshire hospital. He was arrested and charged on July 19, 2012. Prior to his employme[...]

C. Difficile Infections

March 11, 2012

C. difficile (Clostridium difficile) infections remain one of the most serious and common healthcare-associated infections (“HAI”). In recent years, efforts in the U.S. to address and reduce HAIs in hospitals have met with some success, except for C. difficile infections. One reason f[...]

Hospital Acquired Infections

February 28, 2012

Nearly 4.5 hospital acquired infections occur for every 100 hospital admissions in the United States each year, costing the healthcare system between $5.7 billion and $6.8 billion per year (2007). Hospital acquired infections range from mild infections to life-threatening or life-ending infection[...]

Maryland Hospital Mistakes

October 10, 2011

Hospitals in Maryland are required to report serious adverse events that occur in those hospitals to the Maryland Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ). OHCQ in turn issues a yearly report regarding the reported hospital errors and mistakes that result in serious injuries or death. The most recent re[...]

More Tips to Help You Avoid Medical Errors – Part Two

March 21, 2011

Our last blog discussed ways that you can avoid becoming a victim of medical errors involving medications. Today, we discuss some ways you can help prevent medical errors while you are in the hospital. Avoiding Hospital Errors If you have a choice, choose a hospital that has much experience in provi[...]

TOP RATED HOSPITALS OFFER BETTER PATIENT SAFETY

March 11, 2011

HealthGrades, an independent source of physician information and hospital quality outcomes, has recently issued the results of a study that found that patients have a 46% lower risk of experiencing a patient safety incident at a top-rated hospital compared to a poorly-rated hospital. The findings we[...]

Infections lead to malpractice

January 7, 2011

When medical malpractice makes headlines, it usually focuses on big mistakes: unnecessary surgery, mistaken prescriptions, etc. However, a major source of medical malpractice is simple infections people get while in the hospital. As we report on our Web site, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)[...]

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