Nurse Errors

Many elderly and disabled Eugene residents are in a position in which they must rely on the competence of their caregivers for their daily medical needs. Unfortunately, this reliance often means that these patients are more susceptible to nursing home errors and...

A hospital employee with hepatitis C may have infected patients treated at a hospital's heart lab since October 1, 2010. Victims of this nurse error may now be at risk for liver disease, a common result of the virus. Hospital officials issued an alert after 20 people...