Medical errors cost US $8.8B, result in 238,337 potentially preventable deaths: HealthGrades study Apr 8, 2008
Decubitus ulcer (bed sores). Failure to rescue. (EurekAlert!)
Deloris Maxine Neill Jul 16, 2007
She had inadvertantly received a decubitus ulcer on her right heel in the ICU, which delayed her release from the care center until Feb. 9, 2005. When the ulcer was downgraded from stage IV to stage II she was released into Stan s care. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
U.S. Hospital Errors Continue to Rise Apr 4, 2007
Incidents with the highest occurrence rates were decubitus ulcer; failure to rescue; and post-operative respiratory failure. If all hospitals had performed at the same level as the top-rated hospitals, about 206,286 patient safety incidents and 34,393 Medicare patient deaths could have been avoided, resulting in $1. (MEDLINEplus)
Hospital errors rise 3 percent -- HealthGrades patient-safety study Apr 2, 2007
Patient-safety incidents with the highest incidence rates were decubitus ulcer, failure to rescue and post-operative respiratory failure. "The cost of medical errors at American hospitals in both mortality and dollar terms continues to be significant, and the 'chasm in quality' between the nation's top and bottom hospitals, which HealthGrades has documented in this and other studies, remains." said Dr. Samantha Collier, HealthGrades' chief medical officer and the primary author of the study. (EurekAlert!)
Fiona Nelson Mar 18, 2007
"It can also be used externally to help treat a burn, wound, amputation-stump wound, ulcer, diabetic leg ulcer, diabetic foot ulcer, sore, bedsore, pressure sore, decubitus, decubitus ulcer, scar, Methicillin-resistant staph aureus, infected wound or surgical scar-wound healing." It may even alleviate acne and fungal infections. Nelson also sells Organic Autumn Forest Honeydew (OAFH) honey that bees create from sap they collect from beech trees in the mountain-based rain forests of New Zealand's... (Wayne Suburban Newspapers, PA)
