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This contamination was not detected until 2018. The incident, according to medicinal chemist and pharmaceutical industry blogger Dr. Derek Lowe, points to a greater problem. Generic drug manufacturers often change the way in which prescription drug ingredients are made in order to lower costs of making them, so this kind of contamination may be ...
For example, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was made more severe due to the heavy concentration of lumber industry facilities, wood houses, and fuel and other chemicals in a small area. The Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents is designed to protect people and the environment from industrial accidents. The Convention ...
Two incidents of Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak at Plum Island. 2004 Tuberculosis: United States A researcher and two technicians at the Infectious Disease Research Institute were infected with tuberculosis while developing a vaccine for the disease. The exact cause of the infection is unknown, but the accident occurred while infecting guinea ...
Accidents and mistakes happen, even in the best-run health systems. But some of those alleged by hospice families and whistleblowers seem avoidable. Janice Holan claims in a lawsuit filed in October that her husband, Robert, died choking on liquid pain medication because his doctor at Horizons Hospice of Pittsburgh failed to deliver morphine ...
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More than 50 Asheville-area clergy call for action to repair immediate jeopardy incidents at HCA Healthcare's Mission Health System.
A 40-year experiment conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service withheld standard medical advice and treatment from a poor minority population with an easily treatable disease. The experiment targeted black male farmers who were told they needed to be treated for 'bad blood', [27] but who were, in fact, syphilitic. In addition to many ...
A survey from the British National Audit Office (2003) stated that aggression and violence accounted for 40% of reported health and safety incidents amongst healthcare workers. [5] Another survey looking into the abuse and violence experienced in 3078 general dental practices over a period of three years found that 80% of practice personnel had ...