One of the most dangerous places to be in America is on an Operating Room table. The Leapfrog Group estimates that as many as 400,000 patients die every year due to preventable hospital errors. And if ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Nearly 1% of all surgical instruments in hospitals nationwide are rejected before they get to the operating room. They’re screened for blemishes left over from the sterilization ...

Detroit Receiving hospital stopped surveillance of most surgical site infections due to staff cuts in 2018, including for patients exposed to dirty surgical instruments, according to a report released ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... More than 60 patients who suffered post-surgical infections are suing Denver’s Porter Adventist Hospital over a breach in sterilization procedures, which a ...

Medical errors can have devastating consequences for patients, and one of the most alarming errors is the retention of surgical items in a patient’s body after surgery. Retained surgical items (RSIs) ...