The Royal Melbourne Hospital has withdrawn thousands of surgical instruments after the discovery of a rare brain disease that killed a patient. A brain surgery patient died in the hospital earlier ...

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment completed its investigation into Denver-based Porter Adventist Hospital April 17. In its report, the CDPHE found the hospital failed to ...

Sally 'Ann Pyrah 'Barnes, 68, was told equipment that had been prepped for the surgery had not been sterilised correctly, ...

Detroit Receiving hospital stopped surveillance of most surgical site infections due to staff cuts in 2018, including for patients exposed to dirty surgical instruments, according to a report released ...

Federal health officials are investigating allegations of dirty surgical instruments and other quality problems at the Detroit Medical Center in response to allegations made last week by physicians.

Twenty-one patients underwent operations at a Welsh hospital in which unsterilised surgical tools were used, in a huge blunder. WalesOnline can reveal the repeated use of unsterilised instruments in ...