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County health system launches audits after district attorney's review of medical waste and patient data handling
Summary
Santa Clara Valley Health told the committee it implemented audits, staff education and an external vendor to correct improper disposal of medical waste and confidential patient information; the committee requested quarterly progress reports.
Santa Clara Valley Health officials told the Health & Hospital Committee on March 19 that they have launched comprehensive audits and corrective steps after reports that medical waste and confidential patient materials were improperly disposed.
Dr. Brian McBess, chief quality officer for Santa Clara Valley Health, said the system began targeted "red-bag" audits in procedural areas where biohazardous disposal errors were concentrated and started a percent-weight audit of waste leaving all three acute care hospitals in…
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