Following Up on the DMC Problems
I‘m away on vacation through October 10th, but I've scheduled the posting of an article of interest most weekdays. Feel free to comment and share your thoughts on each and I hope you keep up your daily habit of reading the blog.
This article caught my eye recently:
(via The Detroit News)
From the early part of the article:
State regulators who last week cited the Detroit Medical Center for lax training failed to find problems with dirty surgical instruments during an inspection last year — even as surgeons were complaining to hospital officials about them, records show.
Also see this article:
And:
See my original blog post and updates in the comments:
Exposé About Detroit Medical Center, Dirty Surgical Instruments, Dysfunction, and… Lean?
Can we really rely on outside inspectors and regulators?
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Good luck with the cost cutting:
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Did they fix the instrument sterilization problems yet?