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• Medical Device Sales Representatives in the Operating Room: Source of Potential Litigation

  Jamison White | September 28, 2006 4:21 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  In 1997, a 30-year-old woman died following a routine ambulatory surgical procedure to remove uterine fibroids. During the procedure, a new device was being utilized by the medical staff with the manufacturer's representative present in the operating room. The new device delivered 9000 milliliters of saline to the patient, with only 1,100 milliliters of output. The consequences were fatal and...

• E. Coli Infection Linked To Spinach Sickens Maryland Boy

  Steve Silverman | September 27, 2006 5:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Health authorities have identified a 5-year-old Harford County, Maryland boy-whose mother fed him spinach-as one of Maryland's three confirmed infections by the deadly E. coli bacteria. According to the Baltimore Sun one of the Maryland cases has been fatal. Although health authorities have not officially linked the recent Maryland cases to the nationwide outbreak, there are significant...