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State launches probe of Detroit Medical Center's sterile processing woes

State launches probe of Detroit Medical Center's sterile processing woes
State launches probe of Detroit Medical Center's sterile processing woes
State launches probe of Detroit Medical Center's sterile processing woesState officials launched an investigation into Detroit Medical Center hours after The Detroit News published more than 200 pages of emails and internal reports citing physicians' concerns for patient safety due to problems in the medical center's sterile processing department, according to The Detroit News.A spokesperson for the state's Bureau of Community and Health Systems responsible for the investigation declined to divulge details regarding the breadth and scope of the investigation, according to the article.The announcement came just hours after The Detroit News published its investigation into the issue on Aug. 25.


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What future for Detroit Medical Center, after hygiene revelations?

What future for Detroit Medical Center, after hygiene revelations?
What future for Detroit Medical Center, after hygiene revelations?
Buy Photo A sign at Canfield and St. Antione directs patrons around the DMC in Detroit.(Photo: William Archie Detroit Free Press)Buy PhotoWould you schedule a surgery at the Detroit Medical Center, following a series of blistering reports published last week in the Detroit News that chronicle a decade's worth of complaints from DMC doctors and staff that surgical instruments weren't properly sterilized?We didn't think so.


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Michigan Investigates 11 Years of Surgeries Sabotaged by Soiled Medical Instruments at Detroit Hospital

Michigan Investigates 11 Years of Surgeries Sabotaged by Soiled Medical Instruments at Detroit Hospital
Michigan Investigates 11 Years of Surgeries Sabotaged by Soiled Medical Instruments at Detroit Hospital
By Andy Olesko, Courthouse News ServiceDETROIT (CN) - The state of Michigan launched an investigation Thursday into the Detroit Medical Center after a bombshell newspaper report detailed years of patient neglect and complaints from doctors and nurses forced to use soiled or broken surgical instruments on those in their care.The story by the investigative reporting team at The Detroit News was based on more than 200 pages of emails and memos obtained by the newspaper.In some cases detailed in the reporting, serious surgical procedures were halted or delayed when dirty instruments were discovered in the center's operating rooms.


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