Dirty, missing instruments plague DMC surgeries Reports, emails show years-long problem putting patients at risk ...

“Mistakes like dirty instruments shouldn’t happen — mistakes like this that could result in death,” she said. Langenburg voluntarily informed Hicks about the blood-stained instrument.

By Stacey Naggiar and Kerri ZimmerNBC NewsWhen John Harrison checked into a Texas hospital in 2009 for rotator cuff surgery, he thought that after a six-week recovery period, he’d be as good as new.

After discovering the dirty instruments, Methodist informed the FDA, which in July of 2009 launched a safety review of arthroscopic shavers. But more than 2.5 years later, the FDA has done little to ...

Dirty Instruments Lead to Investigation of Seattle Hospital. Up to 100 patients were put at risk for infection. By ABC News. January 23, 2014, 10:49 AM. NaN:NaN.

An outbreak of infections and deaths apparently linked to poorly cleaned medical scopes at a Los Angeles hospital is bringing renewed attention to the broader problem of dirty surgical instruments — ...

Patients Say Dirty Instruments At Denver Hospital Caused Hundreds Of Infections. June 17, ... Last April, the hospital revealed it had had problems with cleaning its instruments.

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Michigan regulators could reopen an investigation of how the Detroit Medical Center ensures that surgical instruments are clean and sterile after another dirty tool was found ...

SAN DIEGO — Tom Hirsh has spent his life on the ocean, competing in sailing races and running Harbor Sailboats out of Shelter Island. But at 68 years old, Hirsh's days on the open water are over ...

The neurosurgery patients were informed that they may have been exposed to the incurable neurological disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and ...