Giving Human Milk Fortifier to Low Birth Weight Newborns Lowers NEC Risks: Study
Hospitals which have switched over to human milk-based formula in their NICU wards report lower infant NEC rates and large financial savings.
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Hospital Infection Warning Sent Out to 12,000 Seattle Children’s Hospital Patients
A Children's hospital in the Seattle area is warning thousands of families that improperly sterilized medical equipment put their children at risk of blood borne pathogens.
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Kentucky Children’s Hospital Halts Heart Surgeries After Infant Deaths
Kentucky Children's Hospital says it has shut down and is reviewing its pediatric heart surgery department after a number of surgeries resulted in dead and severely injured infant patients.
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MRSA Infection Hospital Treatments for Kids Have Increased in Recent Years
Researchers say that the number of children diagnosed with antibiotic-resistant MRSA infections that required hospital treatment has increased by a factor of 10 in recent years.
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Infection Misdiagnosis Lawsuit Results in $6M Verdict for Death of Baby
A St. Louis jury has awarded $6 million to the parents of a 6 month old baby who died after a Missouri hospital failed to diagnose a bacterial infection, delaying…
