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• Surgical Checklists Improve Safety, Reduce Risk of Death: Study

  April 25, 2017

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that hospitals that implemented a WHO surgical safety checklist had fewer patients die in the month following a surgical procedure.

• Surgeons Leaving Tools Behind in Patients is Not Rare: Report

  October 22, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  More surgical tools are likely left behind in patients than believed, but the problem can be prevented with simple steps, according to The Joint Commission.

• California Hospital Mistakes Result in $850K in Fines

  December 21, 2011

  Staff Writers

  State health regulators have fined 14 California hospitals about $850,000 for serious medical mistakes that they say put patient lives...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over Sponge Left In Man After Surgery

  November 14, 2011

  Staff Writers

  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a man who allegedly died as a result of...

• Lawsuit Over Surgical Sponge Left in Patient Results in $525k Verdict

  July 28, 2011

  Staff Writers

  A Pennsylvania woman has been awarded more than $500,000 in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed after a surgical sponge was...

• Surgical Malpractice Lawsuit Over Forgotten Sponge Results in $2.5M

  March 20, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  A jury awarded $2.5 million last week in a Kentucky malpractice lawsuit filed by a woman who was injured when...