A Detroit Medical Center (DMC) hospital may lose federal funding over infection-control issues, including bugs flying around an intensive care unit, according to an article on the Detroit News website.
Among the other problems at Harper University Hospital listed in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report were two cardiologists wearing surgical skull caps without a required bouffant protective covering and an intensive care patient's urine-filled catheter bag dragging on the floor.
Inspectors also found a tray of sterile surgical instruments improperly stored in the labor and delivery area, storage drawers littered with crumbs and dusty shelves.
A six-month Detroit News investigation published in 2016 uncovered an 11-year history of problems with dirty surgical instruments at five DMC hospitals on the health system's Midtown campus.
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