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UTMC kidney report

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(Toledo News Now) - A report from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid services say the hospital is now in danger of being terminated from the Medicare program because of the incident.

The report says a nurse who accidentally disposed of a kidney during the transplant did not realize the organ was in the materials she removed from the operating room and then took to a "dirty utility room."

The report says poor communication, oversight and insufficient policies all played a part in the incident.

Click here for the full report

Click here for the full report.

Click here to read the letter sent Jacobs from the UTMC