SC Hospital Employee Dies Following Patient Assault
A South Carolina hospital employee died after being hit by a patient on May 27. According to the Sumter Police Department, a woman, 27, was admitted to Prisma Health Tuomey…
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Illinois Nursing Home Accused of Negligence Leading to Resident’s Death
An Illinois nursing home has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that negligence led to the death of a resident.
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Noxious Odors Sicken Residents at New York Nursing Home
An Orange County nursing home had a Hazmat scare Monday evening, after residents complained there was some kind of noxious odor in the building and some of them started feeling…
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Decolonization strategy reduces MRSA colonization at multiple body sites
A new analysis of a randomized clinical trial shows that a repeated post-discharge decolonization regimen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers reduced MRSA colonization overall and at multiple body sites,…
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Stolen, Lost Fentanyl Prompts License Suspensions at New Hampshire Hospital
State boards recently suspended the licenses of Cheshire Medical Center’s chief nursing officer and two other personnel after gallons of fentanyl solution went missing from the Keene hospital, according to…
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Doctor, 2 Nurses Stabbed at California Hospital; Suspect Arrested
A man stabbed a doctor and two nurses inside a Southern California hospital June 3 before barricading himself inside the facility, authorities said.
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Feds warn not to use adult bed rails blamed for at least 3 deaths
Americans are being urged to stop using any of 285,000 adult portable bed rails after the deaths of at least three people who suffocated after becoming caught in one of…
Read More »Security Failures Enabled Fatal Shooting at Philadelphia Hospital, Lawsuit Claims
“Outrageous” security lapses at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital led to the fatal shooting of nursing assistant Anrae James, who was gunned down by an armed colleague last October, a lawsuit…
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Jury Punishes Senior Care Home in Ant Attack Case
A Gwinnett County jury this week awarded $2.5 million to the family of a 92-year-old woman who died after an ant infestation at her assisted living facility left her with…
Read More »Fire at Czech Nursing Home Kills 2, over 50 Injured
A massive fire in a nursing home for Alzheimer patients in the Czech Republic has left two people dead and injured more than 50 others, officials said on Thursday.
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