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Emergency Room Medical Malpractice
A hospital emergency room is an area where medical errors are common and often overlooked. Because of the increasing patient load and the need to triage patients by order of medical urgency, many things often go clinically wrong in an … Continue reading
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Tagged attorney, certified legal nurse consultant, clinical, delayed treatment, diagnosis delay, emergency room, hospital, medical error, medical malpractice, medical negligence, misdiagnosed, omission, patient, patient safety., standard of care, standard of care breach
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Medical Negligence – A Cause of Nosocomial Infection
Hand-washing is widely recognized as the single most effective hospital practice to prevent nosocomial infections. The most common way infections are spread by hospital staff is cross-contamination –omission of washing hands between patients. Studies support doctors are the biggest offenders … Continue reading
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Tagged damages, doctor, guidelines, healthcare, hospital, hosptial-acquired, law, liability, medical malpractice, medical negligence, medical professional, nosocomial infection, omission, patient, patient safety., personal injury, registered nurse, standard of care
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