Nine California hospitals fined for medical errors - Los Angeles Times

Avoidable mistakes rise despite hospital efforts.
Colliver V. San Francisco Chronicle. June 2, 2010;A1.

This newspaper article details the incidence of retained foreign objects after surgery in California hospitals and explains how fines collected by the state will be used to drive improvement efforts.

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Nine California hospitals fined for medical errors - Los Angeles Times