Senior executives at Olympus have recently declined to make any comment regarding emails that have surfaced in an investigation by Kaiser Health News and the Los Angeles Times. The emails seem to point to Olympus managers treating the infection risk to patients due to improper cleaning of duodenoscopes as “acceptable.” This article found at Kaiser […]
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Progress in patient safety has been a challenge in many areas of the hospital and many facilities have made significant changes in their practice of reprocessing endoscopes. With this said, guidelines and practice are in a continuous state of change. It is the responsibility of the hospital to make sure they do not become too
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What is a Medical Device Recall? A recall is an action taken to address a problem with a medical device that violates FDA law. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health. A medical device recall
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Hospitals have used the 5 rights of medication administration as a foundation to build on as part of their patient safety initiatives: the right patient the right drug the right dose the right route the right time There is no reason we can not take the same approach to endoscope reprocessing. the right patient the
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Do you shop online using Amazon or another online retail store? Have you found yourself reading over online reviews for products before you buy? If you answered “Yes”, then you probably are aware that these reviews help influence or deter you from buying something. In some form, these online reviews provide credibility and increase the
Charles Cowles, Anesthesiologist and Chief Perioperative Safety Officer (MD Anderson Cancer Center) has leveraged his experience as a firefighter and exposure to other industries to discuss how hospitals can build on their patient safety committees taking a departmental team approach. As more medical errors are reported, Dr Cowles noted the severity of preventable errors with
One of the important breakout sessions during the AHA Leadership Summit was “Redesigning Care–A New Playbook to Improve Quality, Safety and Patient-Centered Care”. The session was led by Kenneth Sands, MD of Beth Israel Deaconess, Peter Pronovost, MD (Johns Hopkins Hospital), Hildy Schell-Chaple of UCSan Francisco Hospital and Patricia Dykes, PhD Of Brigham and Women’s
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Each week Mobile Aspects will be tracking the top stories related to patient safety, RFID technology & healthcare efficiency across the web… Want to get more insights about RFID & Healthcare? Follow us on twitter @mobileaspects This weeks top five: 1) NBC TODAY Investigates: Dirty surgical instruments a growing problem in the OR An in
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Want to get more insights about RFID & Healthcare? Follow us on twitter @mobileaspects Now Follow these stories with Hashtags! #RFID #SGNA2012 #HIT #Endoscope “10 veterans test positive for hepatitis after colonoscopies” – USA Today 2009 A headline such as the one above appearing in a 2009 USA Today article is a nightmarish scenario
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** Each month Mobile Aspects likes to recognize the hard work of its customers as they continuously strive to deliver the highest quality of care. Endoscopy – the use of a long, flexible tube with a camera at its tip to peer inside a patient – has been used to help doctors assess and diagnose