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 ...

The Royal Melbourne Hospital has withdrawn thousands of surgical instruments after the discovery of a rare brain disease that killed a patient. A brain surgery patient died in the hospital earlier ...

BOSTON, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and Highland Instruments, Inc., ("Highland") today jointly announced the ...

Former employees of Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City are alleging the hospital, part of the Saint Luke’s Health System, failed to properly clean and repair operating room instruments, used rusty ...

After Owosso, Mich.-based Memorial Healthcare found stains on surgical instruments, forcing some surgeries to be canceled, the hospital is switching to a reverse osmosis system for its water, ...

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 ...

Up to 100 patients were put at risk for infection. Jan. 23, 2014 — -- A Seattle hospital is under investigation after hospital officials revealed that more than 100 patients were put at risk of ...

DENVER (AP/CBS4)-- Patients who suffered infections after undergoing surgery at a Denver hospital are suing over its sterilization practices. The lawsuit filed Saturday by 67 patients and 20 spouses ...

Pediatric patients at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital received three new instruments -- two electric guitars and a bass guitar -- Monday to compliment a previously donated drum set, made possible ...