After a 23 year-old patient at MD Anderson Cancer Center died from complications stemming from a platelet transfusion that was contaminated with gram negative coccobacilli, hospital officials are revising internal protocols to demonstrate compliance with federal regulations.
For a year before an osteosarcoma was found in her right proximal tibia, Sammy Ulloa, pushing through pain, persisted with her training as a Division I track and field and cross-country competitor.
