Daily Update - May 25th, 2024
 
 
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May 25, 2024
The report reviews 1,411 sentinel events from 2023, with falls, wrong surgery, and unintended retention of foreign objects being the most prevalent event types.
President Biden's economic plan aims to counteract China's unfair trade practices by increasing tariffs on $18 billion of imports from China. The tariff rate increases will support a domestic industrial base for essential medical supplies and protect American workers and businesses.
The FDA has issued an import alert for Zhejiang Longde Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Kindly Enterprise Development Group Co. Ltd. due to not meeting device quality system requirements.
The CDC has released comprehensive guidance for preventing the spread of respiratory and stomach viruses, as well as bacterial illnesses, in K-12 schools.
Massachusetts General Hospital issued a statement on May 11 regarding the death.

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