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healthcare24 days ago•4 min saved

Georgia Woman Sues Kaiser After Lab Mix-Up Causes Unnecessary Hysterectomy

A 43-year-old Georgia woman, Cassandra Barksdale, alleges a mislabeled tissue sample at Kaiser Permanente led to an unnecessary total hysterectomy in 2025 after a biopsy misdiagnosed aggressive endometrial cancer. Post-surgery tests showed no cancer and DNA testing later revealed the tissue belonged to someone else. The Clayton County lawsuit seeks more than $10,000 in compensatory damages and accuses Kaiser entities and a senior lab analyst of negligence and chain-of-custody failures.

via FOX 5 Atlanta|

#healthcare #hysterectomy #kaiser-permanente

health3 years ago•2 min saved

Salad recall canceled in New Hampshire and Maine due to lab error.

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services is canceling a recall for salad packages that was announced last week due to a lab error that incorrectly identified potential contamination of E. coli in some lēf Farms “Spice” Packaged Salad Greens. Division of Publican Health Services Director Tricia Tilley said that lēf Farms products are safe for consumers and apologized for the mistake. The product lēf Farms “Spice” is returning to shelves in Hannaford and Market Basket in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

via WMUR Manchester|

#contamination #dhhs #health