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Data from the Oregon Patient Safety Commission suggest Oregon hospitals have not significantly improved in preventing medical errors since last year, according to a news report by The Oregonian.
In 2009, Pennsylvania hospitals reported more than 650 instances of radiology procedures that exposed patients to potential harm due to order and scheduling inaccuracies, patient misidentification and inaccurate procedure verification processes, according to a Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority news release.
At Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, 14 babies have been infected by MRSA since March, according to a News Tribune news report.
Research from the University of Florida suggests a few common viral infections could negatively impact the outcomes of critically ill patients, according to a university news release.
The FDA has approved Solesta as a treatment for fecal incontinence in adult patients who have failed conservative therapy such as dietary control, according to a release from Oceana Therapeutics, the maker of Solesta.
Due to improvements in solar cells, a General Electric official predicted solar-generated electricity would be cheaper than power from fossil fuels or nuclear power in five years, according a report by Bloomberg.
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America have updated their 2003 joint guideline for reprocessing gastrointestinal endoscopes to take new technology and disinfection systems into account, according to a release by ASGE.