The Colorado hospital suspended surgeries for a week after inspectors found hundreds of instruments covered in “dried blood and tissue.”
State inspectors have revealed that the weeklong closure of non-emergency surgeries at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital came after they found dozens of contaminated surgical instruments covered in blood and dried tissue around the facility. In July, inspectors discovered a huge backlog of uncleaned tools, prompting the hospital to suspend all non-emergency surgeries from July…