Safe Patient Project: International

Pfizer: Nigeria drug trial victims get compensation

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:50:50 -0600

In 1996, 11 children died and dozens were left disabled after Pfizer gave them the experimental anti-meningitis drug, Trovan as part of a clinical trial.

Drugs and Medical Device errors

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:51:26 -0600

Infections halved with private rooms: study

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:36:05 -0600

Patients in intensive care staying in private rooms have half the rate of some hospital-acquired infections as patients in shared rooms, a new Montreal study shows.

Parents want answers after baby's death

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:30:11 -0600

Five years after her death, family struggling to find answers about the death of their infant at a Toronto hospital.

The fight for medical information after patients die

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:46:28 -0600

Family members of medical error victim left in the dark due to hospital cover up.

Cockroaches could help combat MRSA and E.coli

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:09:14 -0600

Cockroaches and locusts contain powerful antibiotic molecules in their brains that could be used to develop new treatments against MRSA and E-coli, scientists have discovered.

UK Regulator Says Avandia Should Go

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:32:06 -0600

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency says the GlaxoSmithKline drug Avandia “no longer has a place on the UK market.”

New superbug found in Alberta

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:29:40 -0600

A new superbug that is making its way aroung the world has been discovered. "British researchers are being credited with the discovery of new bacteria with the gene allowing it to produce an enzyme called New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1, or NDM-1." Two cases have been discovered in Canada.

Antibiotics' efficiency wanes due to global spread of drug-resistant bacteria

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:31:43 -0600

The efficiency of antibiotics is decreasing due to the spread of a bacterial gene conferring high levels of drug resistance.

New 'superbug' found in UK hospitals

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:01:38 -0600

A new superbug that is resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics has entered UK hospitals, experts warn.

Outbreak blamed for death

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:37:31 -0600

Woman at Canadian hospital shares her story about her father dying from a severe blood infection linked to a Serratia marcescens outbreak in the hospital.

Infections Found to be Common in ICUs

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:36:30 -0600

“Infection and related sepsis are the leading cause of death in noncardiac ICUs” according to a recent global study of hospital acquired infections. They empahsized that "little information has been available about the global epidemiology of infections in ICUs."

Beef up rules on prescription drugs, inquest urges

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:11:17 -0600

Coroner’s inquest into suicide of Ontario teen recommends sweeping changes to drug safety regulations

100 dead babies at just one hospital

Tue, 25 May 2010 16:17:00 -0600

South African hospital reports that poor infection control contributed to the deaths of more than 100 babies at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital.

UK: Hospital checklists for common conditions 'cut deaths'

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:33:57 -0600

Checklists that spell out exactly how to care for patients with common conditions have dramatically reduced hospital deaths, say doctors.