The nurse is accused of taking the drug straight from a patient’s active intravenous bag while it was being administered.
Hospitals find lasting workarounds on IV fluid shortages. Pandemic response critic named to lead NIH, and more.
Becker's has reported on five ASC controversies in the last month. 1. A medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on Nov. 15 against Akira Yamamoto, MD, Lynette Tschabold, PA-C, Scott Morley, and several ...
Jamie Aguilar was born with a rare condition that forces her to rely on IV fluids to keep her alive. But in the aftermath of ...
A Texas jury found anesthesiologist Raynaldo Riviera Ortiz Jr. guilty of tampering with consumer products resulting in ...
Raynaldo Ortiz, Jr., MD, is a Texas doctor who was found guilty of poisoning IV bags in the facility where he worked. Why ...
There is a serious health threat that could be lurking, not in the medication, but the very vehicle delivering it.
Post-pandemic operating margins remain low. With the National Institutes of Health — a major source of grant funding — facing an uncertain future under the incoming administration, nonprofit health ...
A former anesthesiologist convicted of tampering with IV bags at a Dallas surgical center, leading to one death and multiple cardiac ...
Many U.S. hospitals are conserving critical intravenous fluids to cope with a supply shortage caused by Hurricane Helene. They're changing protocols for administering drugs and hydration through IVs.
A Texas anesthesiologist was sentenced to 190 years in prison in a harrowing case involving tampered IV bags. Raynaldo ...
Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz was found guilty on April 12, 2024, of injecting dangerous drugs into IV bags at the Baylor Scott & White ...