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Hospital makes 3rd brain surgery mistake PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island Hospital has been fined $50,000 and reprimanded by the state Department of Health after its third instance this year of a doctor performing brain surgery in the wrong side of a patient's head.
Hepatitis Found Again Among Doctor?s Patients Nassau County health officials yesterday reported another positive test for hepatitis among the patients of an anesthesiologist on Long Island whose faulty infection-control practices put hundreds of people at risk.
N.Y. State Health Officials Inform 628 Patients About Doctor's Misuse Of Needles New York state health officials this week notified 628 people that they should seek testing for HIV, hepatitis and other bloodborne diseases because between 2000 and 2005 they were treated by a Nassau County, N.Y., anesthesiologist who reused syringes when injecting patients with more than one drug
Nurse Who Demonstrated A Lack Of Basic Anatomical Knowledge Found Guilty Of Misconduct A 53 year old nurse from Birmingham who was found guilty of a string of allegations of misconduct which occurred between May and July 2005 will no longer be able to work as a nurse.
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Responds To Medication Errors The recent medication error involving dangerous doses of heparin to the newborn children of actor Dennis Quaid announced highlight the continuing imperative to make real progress in eliminating medication errors. Topics
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