From the Patient Safety Monitor Blog: A dozen CA hospitals fined over patient safety issues

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November 17, 2010

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has fined 12 hospitals for patient safety-related noncompliance, according to a CDPH release. The fines are for putting patients in “immediate jeopardy” of harm.

Out of 14 fines, eight were for failure to follow proper surgical safety protocol that resulted in objects left inside patients. A percentage of the funds received from the fines will go toward improvement projects that focus on preventing this particular type of adverse event.

Read more at the Patient Safety Monitor Blog.