MEDICAL ERRORS CAUSE OVER 100,000 DEATHS EACH YEAR – MORE THAN STROKE, DIABETES, AND AUTO ACCIDENTS
Each Year 100,000 people lose their lives to medical errors – more than the number of people who lose their lives to stroke, diabetes, and auto accidents.
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a harmful bacteria in the large intestine and kept in check by good bacteria. Antibiotics kill off many of the good bacteria allowing C. difficile to increase in number and spread, causing potentially fatal diarrhea and colitis. Antibiotics kill many kinds of bacteria but have no effect on viruses, yet doctors often prescribe antibiotics for viral infections and cause C. difficile infection. Just the tip of the iceberg of what’s going on in hospitals.
Infectious Diseases In Health Care Settings (.gov)Viruses Are Not Living Organisms (.gov)
Number of Deaths Caused By Stroke, Diabetes, Accidents (.gov)
Other Medical “Errors”
Prescription Drugs Under Fire (CBS Video)The Food and Drug Administration received nearly 21,000 reports of serious drug reactions, including more than 4,800 deaths, said an analysis of federal data by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
Number Of Reports Of Serious Drug Reaction Higher Than Ever – FDA got 21,000 accounts, including 4,800 deaths in first 3 months of 2008Institute Of Medicine Report Required By Congress
FDA Statement on Institute of Medicine’s Report on Preventing Medication Errors (.gov)
Drug Error Can Add $5,800 to Hospital Bill (Apparently drug errors are profitable – that’s the cause of Medical Errors – they’re profitable (.pdf).)
Medication Errors Harm 1.5 Million People Each Year
Medical Errors “A National Problem of Epidemic Proportion” (.gov)
Views On Making Errors Public Information
Basic Errors By Doctors Cause Most Malpractice
Prevention
Quebec Moves Towards Full Disclosure of Medical Errors
Prescriptions Written With Incompetent Penmanship Kills (.gov)
Five Steps to Safer Health Care (.gov)
10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals (.gov, .pdf)
20 Tips to Prevent Medical Errors (.gov)
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children (.gov)
30 Safe Practices for Better Health Care: Fact Sheet (.gov)
Advances in Patient Safety (.gov)
Partnership in Implementing Patient Safety (.gov)
Patient Safety Initiative: Reducing Risk (.gov)
Patient Safety Tools and Resources (.gov)
20 Tips To Prevent Medical Mistakes
What Is The Medical Community’s First Priority?
Prescription Drug Deaths
From The Top Down (.gov)
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