tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144715271254999018.post2223723455963920130..comments2024-02-12T05:40:49.379-07:00Comments on The Cynical Pharmacist: A Silent EpidemicJason DeVillainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438164334321654816noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144715271254999018.post-30871064571494733042013-09-19T10:46:17.266-07:002013-09-19T10:46:17.266-07:00It seems as though the old standard of 100,000 hos...It seems as though the old standard of 100,000 hospital deaths due to errors was a little on the low side. According to this new study, it's 2-4 times worse than previously thought. Like I said, do whatever you can do to be safe, to stay healthy, and to <i>stay out of the hospital</i>.<br /><br />"Using a weighted average of the 4 studies, a lower limit of 210,000 deaths per year was Jason DeVillainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438164334321654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144715271254999018.post-31378265877850315712013-03-21T00:14:13.545-07:002013-03-21T00:14:13.545-07:00Untreatable and hard-to-treat infections from CRE ...Untreatable and hard-to-treat infections from CRE germs are on the rise among patients in medical facilities. CRE germs have become resistant to all or nearly all the antibiotics we have today. Types of CRE include KPC and NDM.<br /><br />By following CDC guidelines, we can halt CRE infections before they become widespread in hospitals and other medical facilities and potentially spread to Jason DeVillainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438164334321654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144715271254999018.post-62759420676129876322012-08-22T15:00:18.579-07:002012-08-22T15:00:18.579-07:00Shit happens even in the nation's finest hospi...Shit happens even in the nation's finest hospitals. <a href="http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/4/148/148ra116" rel="nofollow">Tracking a Hospital Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae with Whole-Genome Sequencing</a>Jason DeVillainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438164334321654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144715271254999018.post-998618762446512872012-08-02T10:28:08.895-07:002012-08-02T10:28:08.895-07:00Medical errors can occur anywhere in the health ca...Medical errors can occur anywhere in the health care system: In hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, doctors' offices, nursing homes, pharmacies, and patients' homes. Errors can involve medicines, surgery, diagnosis, equipment, or lab reports. These tips tell what you can do to get safer care.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20tips.htm" rel="nofollow">AHRQ | 20 Jason DeVillainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438164334321654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144715271254999018.post-91221459687069483942012-07-21T19:48:15.516-07:002012-07-21T19:48:15.516-07:00It's long been known that medical errors are a...It's long been known that medical errors are a major problem — a <a href="http://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/1999/To-Err-is-Human/To%20Err%20is%20Human%201999%20%20report%20brief.pdf" rel="nofollow">national panel concluded</a> (pdf) more than a decade ago that nearly 100,000 people die each year as a result of errors in hospitals.<br /><br />Despite the resulting national focus Jason DeVillainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438164334321654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144715271254999018.post-20569003597452857772012-07-05T18:56:17.469-07:002012-07-05T18:56:17.469-07:00Bad things happen in all hospitals, but they happe...Bad things happen in all hospitals, but they happen a lot in some. That's one of the conclusions of the Consumer Reports first ever Ratings of hospital safety.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://news.consumerreports.org/health/2012/07/lowest-scoring-hospitals-in-our-new-safety-ratings.html" rel="nofollow">Lowest-scoring hospitals in our new safety Ratings</a>Jason DeVillainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438164334321654816noreply@blogger.com