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Hospital Infections
Midwest States Have Highest Performing Hospitals
Oct 15, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
A new study about hospital performance revealed that if all hospitals performed as well as the best performing facilities, that 237,420 U.S. Medicare...
Viral Infection at Stony Brook University Medical Center Prompts Hundreds of Warning Letters
Aug 6, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Over 400 patients recently treated at the Stony Brook University Medical Center have received a letter of caution from the hospital's director of...
NY Hospitals Urged to Adopt Aggressive Anti-Infection Protocols
Jul 9, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
New York’s state Department of Health just a released a report revealing that the rate of hospital infection in surgical intensive care units...
Antibacterial Wipes May Be Spreading Super Bugs in Hospitals
Jun 4, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Today, disinfecting wipes and alcohol-based hand gels are widely used in hospitals, schools, and other public settings to kill the germs that cause...
C. Diff Cases Up by 10,000 Per Year
May 29, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Last month, we reported that cases of potentially deadly diarrhea-related infections—known as CDAD or Clostridium difficile-associated...
C-Diff Threatens More Hospital Patients
Apr 24, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Cases of potentially deadly diarrhea-related infections—known as CDAD—are on the rise, increasing in U.S. hospitals by over 200 percent...
More Action Needed on Hospital Infections
Apr 17, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
A nonpartisan congressional report released this week states that the U.S. government could do more to force hospitals to prevent infections that are...
Hand Gel Sanitizers Not Much Help in Hospitals
Jan 30, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
A study of sanitizing hand gels that have become popular with doctors and nurses turned up interesting results. The Nebraska Medical...
Hospital Acquired Infections Linked to Catheters
Jan 8, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Hospital acquired infections are being caused at an alarming rate by lax catheter policies. The situation is so serious, that apparently, one...
7 children are infected by bacterium at L.A. hospital
Dec 16, 2006
| Los Angeles Times
White Memorial Medical Center near downtown Los Angeles has closed its neonatal and pediatric intensive care units to new admissions after seven...
