Surgeons Should Not Drink Alcohol the Night Before Surgery
A recent simulation study found that surgeons' skills are impaired as late as 4:00 P.M. the next day after a night of drinking. The simulation involved measurement of the...
Read moreObama Administration Cuts Through Malpractice Noise, Announces Campaign To Improve Patient Safety
President Obama has set a lofty goal of reducing by forty percent the number of preventable medical errors over the coming three years. Studies show preventable errors are a...
Read moreFord Expands Air Bag Recall for F150 Trucks; National HIghway Traffic Adminisitration Offers Email Notification System for Recall Alerts
A recall originally announced by Ford in February because of defective airbags in its F150 trucks has expanded by more than one million vehicles. The original recall claimed the...
Read moreState Legislatures Oppose Medical Malpractice Bill that Denies Patients Legal Remedies for Negligent Care
In a letter submitted to a congressional health committee, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), a bipartisan organization that serves state legislators and staffs across the country, expressed...
Read moreNinth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Lawsuit Against Abbott Labs For Selling Bacteria-Infected Drug That Allegedly Blinded Cataract Patients
In Gutierrez v. Advanced Medical Optics, the Ninth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by eight residents of Mexico blinded by eye infections allegedly caused by a...
Read moreOregon Legislature Deciding Whether to Extend Whistleblower Protection to All Hospital Staff in an Effort to Prevent Medical Errors
We recently posted on how a lack of communication among workers in hospitals is leading to serious errors. A report by the Oregon Patient Safety Commission cited communication as...
Read moreDo Airport Scanners Pose a Cancer Risk?
In a recent article in Radiology, David Brenner, PhD, DSc, of the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University Medical Center, in New York, and David Schauer, ScD, CHP,...
Read moreMedennium SMARTPlugs For Dry Eye May Pose Eye Infection Risk
Dry eye syndrome occurs when tears aren’t able to provide adequate moisture for your eyes for any of a number or reasons. The eyes of individuals with this condition may...
Read moreProducts Getting Safer as Human Life Becomes More “Valuable”
You are probably familiar with the adage: you can’t put a price on human life. It turns out that indeed you can, and that price is actually a significant...
Read moreFDA Taking Measures to Ensure Food Imports From Japan Are Safe
All milk and milk products as well as fruits and vegetables produced or manufactured from the four Japanese prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma will be detained upon...
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