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Accreditation group releases Md. General inspection report
Sun StaffUnder pressure from Maryland's top health official, a national accreditation organization has reversed itself and turned over to the state its most recent inspection report on the troubled laboratory at Maryland General Hospital. State Health Secretary...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park, Medical Procedures and Tests, HIV
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State orders Md. General to fix its lab
Sun StaffCiting a laboratory operation "rife with equipment failures" and other serious deficiencies, state health officials ordered Maryland General Hospital yesterday to take immediate corrective action or face fines of up to $10,000 a day. Patients were put at...Tags: Fines, Long Term Care, Government Health Care, Maryland, Punishment
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Hepatitis C fatality shrouded in mystery
Sun StaffLike thousands of other patients do every year, John Leto walked into a Glen Burnie cardiology clinic last October for a routine cardiac stress test. But what happened over the next two months wasn't so routine: The 79-year-old retired ironworker...Tags: Christmas, Colleges and Universities, Severna Park, Maryland, Health and Medical Professionals
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Hospital report notes troubles
Sun StaffA report last year by a national accreditation agency on the error-plagued laboratory at Maryland General Hospital gave the facility generally high marks even though inspectors found that it had not been following a required quality assurance plan for a...Tags: Corporate Crime, Fraud, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Hearing to probe hospital errors
Sun StaffU.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings says major changes may be needed in the regulation of laboratories in light of the serious problems at Maryland General Hospital. Cummings has arranged a congressional hearing tomorrow on the issues arising out of the lab...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Government Health Care, Maryland, Elijah E. Cummings, Heads of State
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Smoot's struggle with his 'demon' ended in tragedy at Baltimore jail
Sun StaffIn life, Raymond K. Smoot was typical of the drug addicts on Baltimore's streets - he tried heroin at age 12, was arrested 20 times and used nearly as many aliases. The 51-year-old frequented a Fells Point homeless shelter, struggled with hepatitis C and...Tags: Police Arrests, Fells Point, Christianity, Justice System, Gaming
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'We don't have any place to put them'
Sun StaffLast of four parts. JIMMY PHELPS is a junkie, Michael Taylor's charged with attempted murder, Kevin McManus with driving a stolen car, Roland "Reno" Scott with selling crack. They have at least two things in common: They've committed their latest crimes...Tags: Police Arrests, Assault, Employers, Justice System, Theft
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Ailing system struggles with inmate care
Sun StaffIn mid-March 2002, Marcella N. Leski, 39, was jailed for failing to appear in court on a drug-possession charge. Twelve days later, she was so ill that her legs were amputated below the knees. Her family alleges in a lawsuit that the prison contractor'...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Colleges and Universities, Pharmaceuticals, Safety of Citizens, Wars and Interventions
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State insists on lab reports
Sun StaffMaryland's top health official is threatening to revoke the automatic approval for about 120 medical laboratories across the state unless a national accrediting organization agrees to release its inspection reports on those facilities to state regulators....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Maryland, Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Charity, AIDS
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Maryland General lab chief on paid leave, won't return
Sun StaffThe top administrator in Maryland General Hospital's troubled laboratory has been placed on paid leave and will not return to his job, according to a hospital spokesman. James Stewart's supervision of the laboratory has been strongly criticized by...Tags: Employees, Medical Services, Medical Procedures and Tests, Maryland, HIV
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Baby boomers more likely than other people to be infected with hepatitis C and should be tested
Tribune Media ServicesDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently heard that the CDC now recommends baby boomers be tested for hepatitis C. Is that true? If so, why is testing necessary? Wouldn't I have symptoms if I had the disease? ANSWER: It is true that the U.S. Centers for Disease...Tags: Symptoms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Hepatitis C , Blood Transfusion
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Why baby boomers should be tested for hepatitis C
Medical Edge from Mayo ClinicDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently heard that the CDC now recommends baby boomers be tested for hepatitis C. Is that true? If so, why is testing necessary? Wouldn't I have symptoms if I had the disease? ANSWER: It is true that the U.S. Centers for Disease...Tags: Symptoms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Hepatitis C , Blood Transfusion
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