ECRI Institute has released its third annual list of Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns to help hospitals proactively identify key patient safety concerns. Leading the list are challenges associated with incompatible health IT configurations and workflow, followed by patient identification errors and management of behavioral health issues in nonbehavioral health settings.
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Fifty years ago, President Kennedy rallied the nation with the moonshot. Today, clinical engineering professionals face a similar opportunity—and challenge—with evidence-based maintenance (EBM). Critics have noted a number of obstacles to its implementation, but several experts have called EBM the best approach for establishing proper scheduled maintenance. If CE professionals do not seize this chance, they will miss their greatest opportunity to prove themselves worthy managers of medical technology.
Read MoreUltrasound device manufacturer Civco Medical Solutions has acquired PCI Medical, a producer of ultrasound transducer disinfectant systems based in Deep River, Conn. This acquisition equips Civco with a portfolio of hardware and consumables to meet the need for infection control compliance in the ultrasound transducer reprocessing market.
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In the past, the FDA has occasionally waded into the territory of medical device service, refurbishment, repair, reconditioning, and modification. The FDA’s new foray into this arena comes in the form of an open-ended request for comments titled “Refurbishing, Reconditioning, Rebuilding, Remarketing, Remanufacturing, and Servicing of Medical Devices Performed by Third-party Entities and Original Equipment Manufacturers.”
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Efforts are currently underway in at least four states—Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, and New York—to pass right to repair legislation. According to The Repair Association, the most promising avenue for reform seems to be a legislative approach at the state level, with the hope that if one state falls in line, a national agreement will follow.
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