Patient Safety

Endoscope Reprocessing Again Near the Top of Health Technology Hazards List for 2017

Infection Control, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety /

A leading organization again named Endoscope Reprocessing one of its top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2017. For several years now, ECRI Institute has listed Endoscope Reprocessing near the top of its annual list of health technology hazards. ECRI (www.ecri.org), a nonprofit organization, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research to healthcare […]

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Silence on Endoscope-Related Outbreaks Continues

Infection Control, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety /

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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Preventing 5 Common Mistakes in Endoscope Reprocessing

Infection Control, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety /

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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Patient Safety Impact of Medical Device Recalls

Cath Lab, Operating Rooms, Operational Efficiency, Patient Safety, Radiology, The Business of Surgery /

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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Responding to the Power of Consumerism in Health Care Embracing Transparency to Drive Change

Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Patient Safety, The Business of Surgery /

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

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Teamwork and Technology to Create a Safer Hospital: Parallels between the Hospital and Other “Mission Critical” Teams

Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety /

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

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The New Frontier of Patient Safety: Patient and Family Respect & Engagement

Hospital Management, Patient Safety, The Business of Surgery /

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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Endoscope Reprocessing Hazards – Thousands of Patients Impacted Annually 5 Links

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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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