HTM and Ebola: Best Practices
A look at Nebraska Medicine’s Biocontainment Patient Care Unit shows how HTM departments can prepare not just for Ebola but for any other highly contagious diseases.
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ECRI Lists Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2015
ECRI Institute has published its annual list of top 10 technology hazards that can lead to accidents and patient harm. Alarm hazards and data integrity top the list for 2015.
Read MoreSoftware Bug Leads to Recall of Puritan Bennett Ventilators
The FDA announced on November 7 that it has notified healthcare facilities of the Class 1 recall of certain Nellcor Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator systems.
Read MoreCareFusion Ventilators Recalled
On October 10, the FDA announced a Class 1 recall of CareFusion’s EnVE and ReVEL ventilators, related to possible power connection failure.
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Critical Care Ventilator
At the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine annual congress in Barcelona, GE Healthcare introduced the Carescape R860, a critical care ventilator designed to overcome the dangers of Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury.
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