One Cause of Hospital Infections: Nursing Understaffing
One of the primary functions of a hospital is to provide adequate nursing staffing to monitor...
Another Example of Delayed Diagnosis of Hospital Infections
The New York Times reported yesterday about a 12 year-old who died from infection after abnormal...
Hospital Negligence: Hospitals More Dangerous on Weekends
Ask a medical malpractice lawyer and he or she will tell you, without hesitation, that more...
AARP Recognizes the Dangers of Hospital Negligence
In Ohio, hospital negligence remains a common source of medical malpractice claims. AARP’s Bulletin recently published...
Rapid Response Teams: A Good Idea?
At Mishkind Kulwicki Law, with our many years of experience as healthcare advocates in Ohio, we...
C. Diff. Infections Caused by Hospitals
Clostridium difficile, or C. Diff., infections arise almost exclusively in the healthcare setting, a recent study...
Dirty Surgical Tools Investigated
The use of dirty surgical tools — scalpels, trocars and other instruments contaminated with bodily fluids or...
Inadequate Nursing Staffing Leads to Errors
We have long known that inadequate nursing staffing leads to nursing negligence. The bottom line is...
C. Diff. Infections — a Growing Menace
Clostridium difficile, or C. Diff., is an intestinal infection that is considered to be nosocomial or hospital-acquired. ...
