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- Pennsylvania companies sued for bone cement wrongful death
Aug 3, 2012
A lawsuit for, among other things, wrongful death, was recently filed against two Pennsylvania companies for their role in the death of a woman while undergoing surgery. According to the lawsuit the woman died due to the use of bone cement to treat spinal fractures. Though the product known as Norian Skeletal Repair System, had been approved by the Federal Drug Administration for certain uses, it had not yet been approved for use with spinal...Read More - Several injured in Pittsburgh hit-and-run bus accident
Aug 3, 2012
Car accidents are a common occurrence in cities throughout the country, including Pittsburgh. Each weekday individuals take to the road in cars and buses to get to their jobs located there. With all of the traffic in the downtown portion of the city during the week, it is inevitable that at some point an accident will take place there. Late last month a motor vehicle accident involving a car and a bus occurred. The morning...Read More - The Controversy Surrounding Health Care Contract Workers Since Arrest of Med Tech
Aug 2, 2012
By Dallas Hartman of Dallas W. Hartman P.C. posted in Hepatitis C on Thursday, August 2, 2012. The arrest of David Kwiatkowski, a temporary radiologic technologist, for stealing drugs and infecting patients with hepatitis C has shed a new light on temporary workers across the nation. Kwiatkowski worked in 13 hospitals in eight states between January 2007 and July 2012, inlcuding UPMC Presby in Pittsburgh, before he was arrested in a Massachusetts. During that time he...Read More - The controversy surrounding health care contract workers since arrest of medical technician
Aug 2, 2012
The arrest of David Kwiatkowski, a temporary radiologic technologist, for stealing drugs and infecting patients with hepatitis C has shed a new light on temporary workers across the nation. Kwiatkowski worked in 13 hospitals in eight states between January 2007 and July 2012, including UPMC Presby in Pittsburgh, before he was arrested in a Massachusetts. During that time he was employed by at least two staffing firms. The health care industry's work force is now...Read More - Boy with cerebral palsy awarded $21 million
Aug 2, 2012
A family whose son has cerebral palsy was recently awarded a $21 million settlement in a lawsuit they filed against the hospital where he was delivered. Citing hospital negligence, the couple asserted decisions made by the doctors and nurses during the birth of their son directly lead to his birth injury and resulting condition. The couple, whose son is now 9-years-old, believes the hospital was at fault for their son's birth injury. The couple contends...Read More - How to prevent heat-related illnesses while working outside this summer
Aug 2, 2012
For some parts of the United States, including the state of Pennsylvania, this summer has been one of the hottest on record. While the heat may cause discomfort to those relaxing and playing in the hot sun, it poses serious health issues for many outside workers and can cause worker illness that in the worst cases results in death. Recognizing this as an issue in the summer months, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration has...Read More - U.S. truck makers seek scaled back truck rollover technology rule
Aug 1, 2012
With so many trucks on roads throughout Pennsylvania and our nation it is inevitable that some will be involved in accidents at some point. There are a wide variety of reasons that a truck accident could occur including: Tire blowouts Overloaded trucks Driver fatigue Equipment failure Whatever the cause of the accident, they are dangerous for all vehicles around, particularly if the truck rolls over. In an effort to prevent this from happening, the National...Read More - What role does burnout play in Pennsylvania nursing medical errors?
Aug 1, 2012
Throughout the nation, including the state of Pennsylvania, there is a constant attempt to identify reasons behind high numbers of patient infections in hospitals. As it turns out, according to one study, some of these could be prevented, by addressing nurse burnout. While the study focuses on infections, it is possible its findings could pertain to other patient issues due to hospital negligence as well. One organizational psychologist cited the following as causes for burnout:...Read More - Hepatitis C ‘Serial Infector’ Could Have Spread Disease to Thousands
Jul 28, 2012
ABC News is also reporting that "Hepatitis C 'Serial Infector' Could Have Spread Disease to Thousands." The report by Sydney Lupkin was posted to the ABC website on July 28, 2012 and indicates that "David Kwiatkowski, a former lab technician at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire, had allegedly been stealing syringes of the anesthetic Fentanyl intended for patients, injecting his own arm and then refilling those empty syringes with another liquid-like saline, according to a...Read More - Cancer diagnosis leads transplant recipient to file lawsuit
Jul 27, 2012
Organ transplants have provided people throughout the country including those in the Pittsburgh area, the chance at extended or "normal" lives. Individuals on the receiving end of the transplant often assume that if the surgery goes well and their body does not reject the organ, they are in the clear. A woman who received a pancreas in 2008 knows that is not always the case. Four years after her transplant surgery, the woman has been...Read More