Jeremy Hunt, the U.K.’s health & social care secretary, this week ordered a National Health System safety audit of the use of plastic mesh implants to treat vaginal prolapse and female urinary incontinence. Hunt said the review of vaginal mesh and two other products – the Primodos hormone-based pregnancy test and the anti-epilepsy drugsodium valproate […]
Patient Safety
Patient Safety Movement announces innovation contest
FDA warns on ERCP endoscope, CRE “superbug” link
The FDA is warning that ERCP endoscopes may allow for the transmission of certain drug-resistant “superbugs,” even if the devices are properly cleaned.
The advisory was issued in the wake of news that contaminated endoscopes are suspected of causing a deadly outbreak of the superbug CRE, or carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE), among patients at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles.
FDA knew devices spread fatal ‘superbug’ but does not order fix
(Reuters) – U.S. health regulators have known since at least 2009 that the medical devices at the center of the "superbug" outbreak at UCLA can transmit lethal infections but have not recommended any new safety requirements, a lapse that threatens patient safety, experts in hospital-acquired infections said.
Disinfection robots, Google Glass, artificial pancreas top hospitals’ tech list
Automated robotic systems used to combat hospital-acquired infections topped the ECRI Institute’s "2015 Top 10 Hospital C-Suite Watch List," an annual report on technologies healthcare executives should look out for in the next year to 18 months.
DeviceTalks podcast: Masimo CEO Kiani talks patient safety, corporate culture and debunking the ‘innovators dilemma’
Masimo’s Kiani on ‘good-enough innovation,’ Medtronic, Apple and 25 years of pushing the envelope
Medical company may be falling short of its patient-safety ideals
(Courtesy of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation)
by Marshall Allen and Annie Waldman, ProPublica
This story was co-published with NPR’s Shots blog.
Depression, suicide and heart surgery | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Doctors are drawing new attention to the link between cardiac surgery and depression in the days following the suicide of beloved actor Robin Williams.
Debate heats up during FDA meeting over uterine surgical device and cancer risk
Scores of speakers expressed outrage before a panel of FDA experts gathered at a public meeting yesterday and today to discuss the future of laparoscopic power morcellators (LPMs), devices used to break up and extract tissue during minimally invasive gynecologic surgeries.
