All Articles Tagged With: "Hospital Infection"
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Surgery Infections Could be Reduced by Bathing Patients with Antiseptic
Researchers have found that hospitals may do better at preventing surgical site infections by bathing patients’ skin with CHG-alcohol instead of the reddish-brown iodine solution that is typically used.
MRSA Hospital Infections Can Cost $61,000 Each to Treat
A new study indicates that antibiotic-resistant hospital infections can cost hospitals $61,000 to treat and may increase the risk of death for patients seven-fold.
MRSA Infections Nearly Doubled Over Last 10 Years: Study
U.S. researchers indicate that there has been a 90% increase in antibiotic-resistant “superbug” infections since 1999, as strains circulating both in hospitals and the community continue relatively unabated.
New York Nursing Care Quality Protection Act Signed Into Law
A new law in New York will require hospitals to regularly report adverse incidents and nurse staffing levels to the state, which will then make the data available to the public to help improve the quality of nursing care and allow consumers to make informed health care decisions.
Hospital MRSA Infections May Follow Patients Home: Study
New research suggests that many patients discharged from a hospital into home health care are sent home with a drug-resistant staph infection known as MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and about one in five may transfer the organisms that cause the infection to others in the home.
Staph Infection Misdiagnosis Lawsuit Results in $5.45M Award
A New York jury awarded $5.45 million last month in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a man who nearly died after a hospital misdiagnosed his staph infection.
Infection Malpractice Lawsuit Settled Over Flesh-Eating Bacteria
A confidential settlement has been reached in a Florida medical malpractice lawsuit involving allegations that a woman contracted a flesh-eating infection during the delivery of her child, resulting in the amputation of all four of her limbs.
Intensive Care Staph Infections Drop Nearly 50 Percent
According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hospital staph infections in intensive care units (ICU) dropped nearly 50% between 1997 and 2007. The reduction appears to be largely due to an increased awareness of the risk and prevention steps that have been put in place at [...]
Hospital Infection Lawsuit Filed After Mold Exposure During Renovations Causes 3 Children to Die
The families of three children with cancer who died after developing fungal infections in the hospital, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Florida that alleges renovations being performed at the facility during the months before the children died, stirred up the mold that caused their infections.
Hospital Infection Lawsuits are on the Rise
Medical malpractice lawsuits over infections acquired in hospitals are increasing nationwide, according to a report in the Maryland Daily Record. A number of hospital infection lawsuits have resulted in multi-million dollar verdicts recently, and a growing number of experts suggest that nearly all such infections can be prevented if certain steps are taken by [...]
