InjuryBoard Little Rock Archives

• Hospitals May Not Be Doing Enough To Fight MRSA

  Drew Dixon | June 18, 2008 10:07 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A recent survey of the infection control practitioners found that 54 percent of them believe hospitals aren't doing everything they can to prevent the spread of methicillin- resistant staph aureus (MRSA).

• 228 Cases of Salmonella Now Linked to Tainted Tomatoes

  Drew Dixon | June 13, 2008 2:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Last week I blogged about the outbreak of Salmonella in several types of raw tomatoes. Today I was made aware of a recent update from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) attributing the number of illnesses attributed to Salmonella tainted tomatoes to be 228. Infections have been reported in at least twenty-three states since mid-April, with the last 61 cases found in Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Tennessee, and Vermont.

• Red Tomatoes May Contain Salmonella

  Drew Dixon | June 05, 2008 3:01 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The Food and Drug Administration released an alert earlier this week warning consumers in Mexico and Texas that a Salmonella outbreak may be related to the consumption of certain types of raw red tomatoes and products containing raw red tomatoes. The bacteria, Salmonella serotype Saintpaul, is an uncommon type of Salmonella.

• Spinal Cord Injuries and New Treatments

  Frank Bailey | June 02, 2008 11:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Spinal Cord Injuries

  Are cars really safer? We have seen so many people with serious spinal cord injuries resulting from head on collisions, I wonder if more can’t be done to make cars safer… But that is for another...