In a nationwide effort to highlight the importance of improving patient safety, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) joined the National Patient Safety Foundation and other leading healthcare organizations in recognition of Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 6-12. On a national level, the Blue system is collaborating with other stakeholders and making patient [...]

A study released by HealthGrades found that patients have a 46% lower risk of experiencing a patient safety incident, such as central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), at a top-rated hospital compared to a poorly rated hospital. The findings are from the annual HealthGrades Patient Safety in American Hospitals study, which analyzed 40 million Medicare [...]

San Diego, CA. March 3, 2011 Ivera Medical Corporation, headquartered in San Diego, CA, filed suit against Excelsior Medical Corporation of Neptune, NJ, today for false advertising and unfair competition. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego, CA (Civil Case No. 11-cv-0426-W-WMC). The lawsuit is [...]

Investigators publish new data in the report ‘Central line-associated bloodstream infections: prevention and management.’ “Approximately 80,000 central venous line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) occur in the United States each year. “These organisms commonly gain entrance in into the bloodstream via the catheter-skin interface (insertion site) or via the catheter hub. Use of strict aseptic technique for [...]