Indiana hospitals have seen a drop in the number of medical errors, including the number of bed sores reported has dropped by a third.

In 2009, 306 hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers reported 94 preventable medical errors. This is down from 105 which was reported in 2008. The number of bedsores reported in 2009 was 22, which is down from 33 that were reported in 2008.

This is the lowest number of bed sores that have been reported since the system began reporting their medical errors four years ago. Last year, the most common preventable injury that as reported was leaving a foreign object in the patient after surgery. There were 29 cases of this.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of a hospital error, contact the New Jersey medical malpractice lawyers of Levinson and Axlerod by calling 800-346-5529.