California Penalizes 8 Hospitals for Violating Patient Safety Protocols

The California Department of Public Health has issued penalties to eight hospitals totaling $450,000 for failing to meet licensing requirements that, if ignored, may cause serious patient injury or death. The hospitals include:

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Bakersfield (Calif.) Memorial Hospital — $50,000 penalty for failure to follow patient monitoring and intervention policies. Second administrative penalty.

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Fountain Valley (Calif.) Regional Hospital and Medical Center — $75,000 for failure to follow patient assessment and advocacy policies. Fourth administrative penalty.

Garden Grove (Calif.) Hospital and Medical Center — $50,000 for failure to follow safe medication distribution and administration policies. Third administrative penalty.

Los Angeles Community Hospital — $50,000 for failure to follow safe medication distribution and administration policies. Second administrative penalty.

Mercy Medical Center (Merced) — $75,000 for failure to follow safe medication distribution and administration policies. Second administrative penalty

Regional Medical Center of San Jose (Calif.) — $50,000 for failure to follow policies for safe distribution and administration of medical gas. First administrative penalty.

Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) — $75,000 for retention of a foreign object during surgery as a result of lapses in adherence to surgical safety policies. Second administrative penalty.

St. Joseph Hospital (Orange, Calif.) — $50,000 for failure to follow patient care policies and procedures. Third administrative penalty.

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