WDBJ

Target 7: Report finds Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital ‘failed’ standard of patient care due to stained surgical instruments. What changes have been made?

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Nearly 1% of all surgical instruments in hospitals nationwide are rejected before they get to the operating room. They’re screened for blemishes left over from the sterilization ...
Becker's Hospital Review

On the brink: 3 dangers of inadequate surgical instrument reprocessing departments

One of the most dangerous places to be in America is on an Operating Room table. The Leapfrog Group estimates that as many as 400,000 patients die every year due to preventable hospital errors. And if ...
Detroit News

Dirty instruments cause second DMC hospital to fail federal inspection

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 ...
The Denver Post

Porter Adventist failed to address widespread infections from poorly sterilized surgical equipment, state report confirms

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... More than 60 patients who suffered post-surgical infections are suing Denver’s Porter Adventist Hospital over a breach in sterilization procedures, which a ...
RFID Journal

Managing Surgical Instruments

In 2011, Shimane University Hospital, in Japan, deployed a high-frequency RFID solution to track surgical instruments used on patients through cleaning, sterilization and storage. The Rigshospitalet ...
WDBJ

Target 7: Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital cleared of noncompliance status for stained surgical instruments

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital (RMH) is now fully compliant with the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) standards of patient care. It comes after a report showed the ...