Stryker has launched a risk-sharing program for hospitals that invest in the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge System. The program, called the SurgiCount Promise, includes up to considerable product-liability ...

Five California hospitals, including one in Fresno, were fined by the California Department of Public Health on Thursday for issues surrounding patient care. Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital was ...

A lawsuit filed against Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, Illinois, alleges a surgical sponge was negligently left inside a patient after surgery, according to a complaint filed in McHenry ...

A woman who had her leg amputated after healthcare workers from University of Louisville (Ky.) Hospital left a sponge in her was awarded $10.5 million, according to a Louisville Courier Journal report ...

Several California hospitals are being penalized for offenses that caused or are likely to cause injuries or death to patients. One hospital is being fined for its contribution to the death of a ...