LAWSUIT ALLEGES DIRTY INSTRUMENTS CAUSED HUNDREDS OF INFECTIONS (Orthopedics This Week)
Sixty-seven patients have filed a lawsuit against Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver, Colorado, alleging that they developed serious infections at their surgical sites or in their bloodstream because of improper cleaning and sterilization.
The patients, all of whom underwent surgery at Porter Adventist Hospital between 2015 and 2018, alleged that they developed serious infections including hepatitis B, meningitis, and urinary tract, E. coli and staph infections. The lawsuit claims that one patient died aft...
