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	<title>Connecticut Personal Injury Lawyers - Sabatini and Associates &#187; Medical and Dental Malpractice</title>
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		<title>Attorney James Sabatini Prevails Before The Connecticut Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://www.sabatinipersonalinjurylaw.com/2011/03/04/attorney-james-sabatini-prevails-before-the-connecticut-supreme-court/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney James Sabatini has prevailed before the Connecticut Supreme Court in the case entitled Shortell v. Cavanagh.  The case involved injuries suffered by a client during a dental procedure.  The injuries involve significant nerve damage.  A complaint was filed against the dentist and the complaint alleged failure to obtain informed consent. Defendant moved to dismiss the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut Considering Tougher Reporting On Medical Errors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical and Dental Malpractice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would require state health officials to report annually on &#8220;adverse&#8221; events at hospitals and conduct random audits to determine hospitals&#8217; compliance with reporting requirements.  Currently, only five states require specific disclosure of adverse events.  The public benefit of disclosure would be better accountability, more information to patients when choosing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney James Sabatini Obtains Dental Malpractice Settlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney James Sabatini recently obtained a settlement for his client in a dental malpractice case.  The amount of the settlement is confidential.  The case involved multiple tooth extractions.  During the extractions, a communication was created between the mouth and the maxillary sinus.  Such a communication or hole is a known risk of extractions of upper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Informed Consent &amp; How To Prove It Under Connecticut Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To understand what informed consent means in a medical context and how to prove a failure to obtain informed consent, the following information is provided.  This information is taken directly from Connecticut court&#8217;s jury instructions in cases involving a failure to obtain informed consent cause of action. The theory of informed consent imposes a duty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Failure to Treat Sepsis &#8211; Medical Malpractice</title>
		<link>http://www.sabatinipersonalinjurylaw.com/2009/01/29/failure-to-treat-sepsis-medical-malpractice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical and Dental Malpractice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Government agreed to pay a former Utah family nearly $1 million to settle a medical malpractice case involving failure to treat infection / sepsis. The man was being treated for leukemia at at a Veterans Affairs hospital in 2004 when he developed a severe infection and died. His surviving wife and daughter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CDC Publishes Steps For Hospitals To Prevent MRSA</title>
		<link>http://www.sabatinipersonalinjurylaw.com/2008/12/22/cdc-publishes-steps-for-hospitals-to-prevent-mrsa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical and Dental Malpractice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CDC has published safety measures for hospitals to follow to prevent MRSA and/or prevent the spreading of MRSA to other hospital patients.  The guidelines include the placing of MRSA patients in a single room or in a room with another MRSA patient, health care providers are to wear gloves, masks and gowns when treating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing Catheter-Associated Blood Stream Infections</title>
		<link>http://www.sabatinipersonalinjurylaw.com/2008/12/22/preventing-catheter-associated-blood-stream-infections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catheter-associated blood stream infections are preventable.  The CDC has published guidelines for health care providers to follow to avoid such infections.  These guidelines include basic safety measures including washing hands with soap and using sterile gloves when inserting the catheter.  Failure to follow these safety measures can result in serious injury or death to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hospitals Facing Infection Lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.sabatinipersonalinjurylaw.com/2008/12/22/hospitals-facing-infection-lawsuits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical and Dental Malpractice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claims based on hospital inquired infections are on the rise.  Recent jury verdicts suggest that more lawsuits will be filed.  On November 6, 2008, a jury awarded $13.5 million to a Massachusetts woman who died of an infection caused by flesh-eating bacetria she acquired during cancer treatment at the hospital.  On November 14, 2008, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EMS Tells A Dying Man That He Is Suffering From Acid Reflux</title>
		<link>http://www.sabatinipersonalinjurylaw.com/2008/12/05/ems-tells-a-dying-man-that-he-is-suffering-from-acid-reflux/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sabatinipersonalinjurylaw.com/2008/12/05/ems-tells-a-dying-man-that-he-is-suffering-from-acid-reflux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Washington D.C., a 39 year old man while at his home is suffering from shortness of breath and chest pains.  His family per his instructions call for an ambulance.  The EMS crew arrives and concludes that he has acid reflux and recommends that he take pepto bismol. Hours later, the man is found dead in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hospital Acquired Infections</title>
		<link>http://www.sabatinipersonalinjurylaw.com/2008/08/14/hospital-acquired-infections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hospital acquired MRSA (methicillin-resistant staph infection) infects about 880,000 patients a year and accounts for about 8% of all hospital infections.  Hospital infections caused by all kinds of bacteria infects millions of patients per year.  Nearly all of these infections are now preventable.  They are preventable when doctors and the hospital staff clean their hands, rigorously practice proper [...]]]></description>
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