A new study finds that adverse events in hospitals have declined over the last decade, but still finds much work needs to be done to improve patient safety.
The FDA has issued new warnings and announced new recalls linked to the use of heater-cooler devices used in heart surgery and the risk of potentially deadly infections.
The CDC warns of an outbreak of a nearly untreatable fungal infection in hospitals and nursing homes in Texas and D.C.
The FDA is recommending health care professionals use disposable bronchoscopes in some situations following a significant increase in reports of infections linked to the medical devices in recent years.
The FDA warns that every heater-cooler system on the market has been linked to NTM infections, following reports linked to the CardioQuip MCH.
A new study challenges the belief that all catheter-associated urinary tract infections could be avoidable.
The FDA is warning that fecal transplants can lead to the transmission of potentially deadly pathogens following reports of four hospitalizations and two deaths.
Hospitals should use standard cleaning practices and infection control measures to combat the spread of coronavirus, according to the findings of a new study.
Seattle Children's Hospital faces lawsuits over mold infections which have sickened patients for years and has been linked to six deaths.
An Indiana hospital has warned more than 1,100 patients that they may have been exposed to infectious diseases, such as HIV and Hepatitis, due to a failure to properly sterilize…