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Porter Adventist Hospital Sterilization Crisis

If You’ve Been Affected, Call (303) 647-9990 and Talk to Your Medical Malpractice Law Firm in Denver. Our Experienced Lawyers Can Help.

We are the lawyers in charge. The team at Denver Trial Lawyers ® is pursuing lawsuits against Porter Adventist Hospital for patients who suffered infection after surgery. Partner David S. Woodruff and his team have spent the past year investigating the sterilization breach. Our firm represents over 100 patients who were injured or killed by severe surgical site infections or who acquired Hepatitis from surgery at Porter.

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    $22.3 million medical malpractice settlement. In 2016 David Woodruff obtained the largest known medical malpractice settlement in Colorado.

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    A Colorado man was awarded $3 million after hospital staff failed to recognize a spinal injury, causing him to become permanently paralyzed.

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    Dan Sloane helped a young woman whose doctor performed several unnecessary sinus surgeries resulting in damage to her vestibular system

The Sterilization Breach at Porter Hospital

On April 5, 2018 Porter Adventist Hospital closed its Operating Rooms, publicly acknowledging that the hospital had serious ongoing problems with sterilization of surgical instruments. The closure was the result of investigations by The Joint Commission, The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, and the Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS).

In February 2018, The Joint Commission investigated and determined that Porter Adventist Hospital was a “threat to patient safety.” Investigation by the Department of Health and CMS uncovered evidence that, for a period of “at least several years,” Porter Hospital had an ongoing problem with sterilization of surgical instruments. The problem, according to state investigators, was a chronic failure by staff and management in the Sterile Processing Department to comply with state and federal regulations and hospital policies. Internal audits and interviews with Sterile Processing Staff confirmed frightening numbers of incidents whereby “sterile” instrument in the OR were found with visible contaminants, including remnants of blood, bone, tissue, bone cement, missing “sterile” tags, and even a dead insect in a surgical tray.

These grotesque failures were caused by administration failing to properly staff and train the Sterile Processing Department. SPD staff was inadequately trained, underqualified, lacked certification, and was badly overworked due to understaffing. The result: SPD staff skipped steps in the sterilization process, took shortcuts, and failed to follow hospital and industry standards for sterilization. Government investigators confirmed, through interviews with SPD staff and management, that this problem had been ongoing for “at least several years.”

Call (303) 647-9990 or contact us to schedule your complimentary consultation with a member of our Porter Hospital lawsuit team today.

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