Here are N.J.’s safest hospitals. See how yours ranked in new national report.
Updated May 03, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston maintained its straight-A streak since the Leapfrog Safety report card began in 2012. It is one of only 27 in the country to earn an “A” in each of the 19 report cards.
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New Jersey hospitals ranked 14th safest in the country based on how well they prevented infections, accidents and errors and communicated with their patients, the latest Leapfrog Hospital Safety report card released on Thursday found.
The scores for 68 acute care hospitals 26 A’s, 26 B’s, 15 C’s and one D helped New Jersey improve its standing from last fall, when it was 17th best, according to the report. Ten hospitals improved a grade and four hospitals slipped a grade. No hospital flunked. East Orange General Hospital scored the lowest with a D, the report said.
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13 fire departments battled blaze that destroyed a house in rural N.J.
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Firefighters extinguished a fire that destroyed an Old Mountain Road house on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Rich Maxwell | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Firefighters extinguished a fire that fully consumed a house in Clinton Township on Tuesday afternoon.
First responders were dispatched to a fire at a residence on Old Mountain Road at approximately 1:30 in the afternoon, according to Chris Sloss, chief of the Annandale Hose Company.
A total of 13 fire departments responded to the Clinton Township fire. Rich Maxwell | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
‘Orange is the New Black’ actor suing N.J. doctor accused of reusing needles
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Actor Christina Castellanos in the Amazon series Chase Street. A 2018 breast reduction surgery has caused her ongoing health problems, she says. Derrick Hammond
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It was from Dr. David Skillinge, president of Hunterdon Medical Group.
The letter said her doctor, plastic surgeon Andrea Strauss, had not followed protocol when using syringes, and that Castellanos, the patient, would need to be tested for HIV, hepatitis B and C and other bloodborne pathogens.
“I opened that letter and my heart sunk,” Castellanos says.
One injured in two-car crash on Route 78 in Hunterdon County
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State Police Perryville responded to an accident involving a Hyundai Elantra and Dodge Grand Caravan on Route 78 westbound on Easter Sunday.Rich Maxwell | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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One person suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a two-car crash that occurred in Clinton Township on Easter Sunday.
New Jersey State Police Perryville Station responded to an accident involving a Hyundai Elantra and Dodge Grand Caravan on Route 78 westbound at Milepost 22.8.
There were two occupants in the Hyundai and three in the Dodge, State Police reported. The accident happened just after 1:45 p.m.