The Massachusetts Department of Mental Health will shut down the children's psychiatric unit at Westwood (Mass.) Lodge psychiatric hospital citing a "number of significant issues" with the facility, according to The Boston Globe.
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Stephen Weber, MD. Vice President of Clinical Effectiveness and CMO of University of Chicago Medicine. Dr. Weber is the author of numerous studies on the prevention and management of healthcare-associated infections, primarily those caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens. As part of…
A suspect charged with robbing a bank was shot by an officer at Ocala (Fla.) Regional Medical Center Thursday after threatening a hospital staff member and an officer with scissors. The suspect was receiving treatment at the hospital at the…
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A male patient was returned to Lincoln (Neb.) Regional Center Saturday after escaping from the 250-bed state psychiatric hospital for five hours, reports Lincoln Journal Star.
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A woman serving as the director of nursing services at Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation Center in Columbus, Ind., was arrested Thursday for posing as a registered nurse, according to a CBS4 report.
A security guard at Lynchburg (Va.) General Hospital shot a patient Monday after an altercation, according to the Lynchburg Police Department.
Police are investigating a Jan. 11 stabbing of a security guard at Hartsville, S.C.-based Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, according to WBTW.com.
Police have arrested a man for assaulting a police officer at Philadelphia-based Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Jan. 9, according to PhillyVoice.com.
According to the CDC, an estimated 30,100 central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) occur in intensive care units and wards of U.S. acute care facilities each year.