In a new study reported in the journal Anesthesiology testing how often medication errors occur during surgery, researchers report that mistakes were made during almost half of the  operations they analyzed. The most frequently observed errors included drug labeling errors, incorrect dosing, drug documentation mistakes, and/or failing to properly treat changes in a patient's vital signs during surgery. According [...]

The Chicago Tribune recently reported that data released from an Indiana State Department of Health study show that medical errors at hospitals and health care facilities  in 2014 reached a new high. There were 114 of what the agency described as “preventable adverse medical incidents” last year. The incidents include everything from surgeries performed on the [...]

When you have to be emitted to the hospital, you expect your medical condition to be resolved and not to acquire new complications. However, studies have found that some patients are actually acquiring infections at hospitals, causing serious illness or even death. According to the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as many [...]

A Forced Air Warming blanket (FAW) is a medical device designed to keep patients warm during orthopedic surgery and reduce the risk of infections. A lower body temperature, or hypothermia,  is a hazard for post operative diseases, therefore forced air warming blankets were introduced to keep the patient’s temperature stable during surgery. However, a study published in the Bone [...]

An August article in The Washington Post boldly asserted "a movement is afoot" among a group of people whose loved ones were injured or died due to medical malpractice. Supporters of the movement known as National Organization for Medical Malpractice Victims are seeking to require hospitals operating rooms to have video and audio recording mandatory during procedures.  And hospitals [...]