A dialysis center that was shut down in Bessemer, Alabama, following the infection-related deaths of two patients has a prior history of health violations, according to a report on Al.com.
In a report about a year ago, the Alabama health department cited the clinic over multiple infection-control deficiencies. In one of those cases, a patient was hospitalized.
The clinic’s owner, German company Fresenius, has previously been accused of subjecting patients to continue reading...
An analysis of for-profit kidney dialysis centers published in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine found that they used more of an expensive and dangerous class of drugs known as erythropoiesis-stimulation agents (ESAs) than non-profit facilities.
This isn’t the first time that commercial dialysis centers have been accused of engaging in unsafe practices.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating allegations that Fresenius, a German company that is the largest operator ...
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A report on CBS 42 out of Birmingham says the Alabama Department of Health is investigating deaths and illnesses at a kidney dialysis center in the city of Bessemer.
The report says the clinic was closed on May 8, after two patients died and several others were hospitalized.
The clinic is owned by German company Fresenius, which operates about a third of all U.S. dialysis centers for patients with kidney failure. The ...
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Based on the results of a recently released study, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control are recommending specific prevention guidelines, intended to reduce kidney dialysis-related infection rates by 32 percent. According to a story on Examiner.com, the CDC estimates that about 380,000 Americans undergo kidney dialysis every year.
While dialysis patients depend on it for their lives, the procedure itself can present some potentially deadly health hazards – including some that ...
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Scientists have developed a new method to make an artificial kidney that functions in rats, intensifying a race among several laboratories to create a replacement organ that may someday be used for humans.
The stakes are high, according to a Fox News report.
About 100,000 people with end-stage renal disease in the Unites States are on waiting lists for a donor kidney. Of those, about 5,000 to 10,000 die each year before ...
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A story in the Chicago Tribune deals with a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation into the German company Fresenius, based on reports that the company failed to warn dialysis clinics about possible dangers from one of its products.
The story says that in November, 2011, Fresenius sent a memo to dialysis centers that the company operates in the United States, warning them that its Granuflo product was linked with a ...
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