Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis has canceled, delayed and transferred dozens of surgeries because of sterile processing issues with OR equipment, according to St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare, which ...

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) ...

Development and Operation of Hospital Infrastructure of Ixtapaluca (DOIHI), an organization that manages assets and tools at the Regional Specialty Hospital of Ixtapaluca (HRAEI), in Mexico, is ...

By Trish Yerges, for Grande Ronde Hospital and Clinics The Grande Ronde Hospital Foundation is currently fundraising to ...

During a surgery at Brooke Army Medical Center on June 9, an operating room staffer discovered a bone fragment from a previous patient lodged in a sterilized surgical tool. A surgical team member set ...

POCATELLO — Following an investigation into unclean surgical tools, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare found that multiple surgical patients nearly came in contact with tissue fragments left ...

An investigation at Carilion Roanoke (Va.) Memorial Hospital revealed sterilization issues with surgical equipment that reportedly occurred between March and September 2023, Cardinal News reported ...

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A neurosurgeon and a local medical device distributor have filed separate lawsuits against Portneuf Medical Center, alleging ...