Criminal charges brought after researcher dies
Nature: On 29 December 2008, chemistry research assistant Sheharbano Sangji suffered third-degree burns when the t-butyl lithium she was drawing from a bottle via a syringe burst into flames. She wasn#8217;t wearing a lab coat, and her clothes caught fire. She died in the hospital 18 days later. In the wake of Sangji#8217;s death, UCLA tightened its safety policies; but despite calls to improve academia#8217;s safety standards across the US, there#8217;s little evidence that bench scientists or laboratory heads outside of UCLA have changed their behavior.
The Los Angeles district attorney has now charged UCLA and organic chemist Patrick Harran with three counts each of #8220;willful violation of an occupational health and safety standard causing the death of an employee.#8221; Harr...div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Message:/i/b Please support the a href=http://www.doctorsinchains.org/ target=_blankDoctors In Chains/a campaign for the a href=http://www.doctorsinchains.org/medics/a tortured and sentenced for up to 15 years in a href=http://www.doctorsinchains.org/Bahrain/a. a href=https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23FreeDoctors#FreeDoctors/a/p/div
Wide Variation in PCI for 'Unclear Indications'Wide Variation in PCI for 'Unclear Indications'
The latest study on this subject has found that 17% of hospitals in a large US sample conducted at least one-fifth of their procedures in patients whose indications for the procedure were unclear. Heartwire (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
