Michigan launches probe of dirty instruments at healthcare facility

Doctors have been complaining about dirty, broken and missing surgical instruments for years


The state of Michigan launched an investigation into the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) after years of doctor complaints about dirty, broken and missing surgical instruments, according to an article on The Detroit News website.

A spokesman for the Community Health Systems bureau would not discuss details about the scope and nature of the investigation. 

The bureau’s announcement came hours after The Detroit News published an investigation based on more than 200 pages of emails and internal reports showing that doctors have expressed concern about patient safety for at least 11 years because of dirty instruments at the DMC’s campus in Midtown Detroit, the article said. 

A DMC memo urged doctors to “apologize for any concern this article may have caused” and to assure the patients that “patient safety is always our top priority.”

Read the article.

 

 



September 12, 2016


Topic Area: Infection Control


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