Defective truck brakes can cause catastrophic commercial truck accidents. One organization recently documented just how prevalent this danger is on America’s roads.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance annually conducts an event called “Brake Safety Week.” It identifies tractor-trailers and other commercial trucks with unsafe brakes. This year’s event was held August 22 through 28.
CVSA, a group of law enforcement and safety officials throughout North America, announced the 2021 Brake Safety Week results in October. Nearly 29,000 commercial trucks were ...
According to the latest report from the federal government, the number of fatal truck crashes is not slowing down.
In October the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the federal agency that regulates the nation’s commercial trucking industry, released a comprehensive review of accidents involving large commercial vehicles, including buses and trucks, for 2019 (“Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2019”). This is the most recent year that finalized crash data is available.
FMCSA defines large trucks as rigs with a gross weight of more than 10,000 pounds. A fully loaded ...
An organization focused on preventing serious diagnostic errors recently spelled out why they happen and how they can be avoided.
In October, MedPage Today, an online medical publication, reported on a presentation given at this year’s annual meeting of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. SIDM is a nonprofit organization that seeks to eliminate patient harm that comes from a misdiagnosis.
According to SIDM, misdiagnosis is the medical error that results in the most serious patient harm, with a third of medical malpractice lawsuits involving a patient’s death or ...
Motor vehicle crash deaths in the United States are at their highest this year since 2006. Fatal car accidents in St. Louis are such a growing concern that local police officials recently announced they are taking extra steps to stop dangerous drivers.
In October the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its estimate of U.S. fatal car and truck crashes for the first six months of 2021. The projected number of deaths in motor vehicle accidents is 20,160, which is an 18% jump compared to the same period in 2020.
According to news reports, this nationwide year-to-year ...
How many St. Louis hospitals pass the grade for preventing serious medical errors that harm patients? One nationwide patient safety organization recently answered this question.
The Leapfrog Group is an independent, nonprofit organization focused on preventing medical errors made in hospitals, mainly through educational efforts. Its most ambitious effort is providing patient safety grades for U.S. hospitals twice a year; releasing one set of grades every spring and another every fall.
Leapfrog just released its Fall 2021 patient safety grades, which include nearly 30 St ...
While there’s been a spike in failed commercial truck driver drug tests, many of those drivers may still be on the road today.
In January 2020 the federal government established the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. This is the first nationwide effort to keep track of commercial truck drivers who fail a test for alcohol use or a test for illegal or illicit drug use.
Truck companies and truck fleet operators are required to check the database before hiring any new truck drivers. They must also annually check on their current drivers.
Truck drivers who fail drug or alcohol tests – ...
Speed kills, as the saying goes. And that’s one reason to be very concerned about the latest results of an effort to stop dangerous drivers.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, a consortium of safety groups and law enforcement officials throughout North America, conducted its annual Operation Safe Driver Week this year from July 11-17. The event is a coordinated effort between police in the United States, Mexico and Canada to identify unsafe motor vehicle drivers and unsafe commercial truck drivers.
The stated purpose of the event is to reduce motor vehicle crashes caused by ...
Neurosurgery is complicated. When mistakes are made before, during or after neurosurgery, a patient is exposed to potentially dire complications. A study released over the summer identified the top factors in medical malpractice claims against neurosurgeons.
The Doctors Company is a physician- owned medical malpractice insurance provider. In August it released the findings of its internal study of medical malpractice lawsuits and claims involving neurosurgeons between 2014 and 2019 (“The Malpractice Experience of Neurosurgeons 2014-2019: Patient Selection and ...
While the percentage of fatal drunk driving crashes has fallen over the last 10 years, more than one out of every four traffic deaths in the U.S. is still caused by a drunk driver.
In August the federal government released its most recent findings on drunk driving (“State Alcohol-Impaired-Driving Estimates”). It’s a bit of good news and bad news.
The report covers 2019, the most recent year with finalized drunk-driving data, but it also examines this dangerous driving habit over the previous 10 years.
In 2019 more than 10,000 people were killed in drunk-driving crashes. ...
Defective medical devices can pose serious consequences to patients. Recent media reports suggest there may be many more patient deaths from faulty medical devices than previously known.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the federal agency responsible for the regulation of medical devices in this country. Before medical devices hit the market for patient use, manufacturers must prove they are safe to gain FDA approval.
Reports of Defective Medical Devices
The FDA also monitors the safety of medical devices after approval. One way this is done is through the FDA’s ...
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