This year has been a year of changes, of errors but also of successes. In review, I wanted to pinpoint on few of the ones related to the quality of healthcare provided, risk posed to the patient and employees as well as on safety related issues. It was a busy year for disease control:
1. The anthrax scare at the CDC
- in June, workers in a high-level biosecurity lab were preparing anthrax samples to be used for researching germs,
