State inspectors found trays of blood-caked surgical tools at University of Colorado Hospital

UCHealth, which owns the 700-bed hospital in Aurora, postponed non-emergency surgeries for a week in July following staffing shortages in the sterilization department.

Colorado hospital paused surgeries for a week after inspectors found hundreds of instruments covered in ‘dried blood and tissue’

State inspectors have revealed that UCHealth’s University of Colorado Hospital’s week-long shutdown of nonemergency surgeries ...
FOX31 Denver

South Metro EMS crews can now give trauma patients blood before getting to a hospital

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) — In the three weeks since South Metro Fire Rescue started carrying blood in the field, the agency has already given blood to three patients. On Aug. 21, SMFR announced its ...
NBC Boston on MSN

Mother of Fenway assault victim speaks out: ‘1 punch, your whole life changes'

Last month, Jack Farrell was found unresponsive and covered in blood on Landsdowne Street in Boston. He’d been punched in the ...
The Southern Illinoisan

SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital to host blood drive

SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital will host a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, in the Medical Plaza — St. Francis Classroom ...