Central Pa. hospital operated on wrong leg, didn’t report birth-related death and more
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Lancaster General Hospital was recently faulted by the state for mistakes including operating on the wrong leg and employees violating hand hygiene rules intended to protect patients from infections. And those infractions came within two months of Lancaster General being cited for failing to fill the insulin pump of a patient with diabetes, and failing to file state-required reports related to a new mother who died of internal bleeding.
Those and other problems were found during a series of “special monitoring” investigations by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Health department spokeswoman Maggie Barton said such investigations happen when the department has reason to believe there are ongoing problems, and the information came anonymously or from an unusual source. She said confidentially prevented her from disclosing what triggered the special monitoring at Lancaster General.
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