... areas. Step 5: Improve users' recognition of medical device adverse events In order to be truly successful, MedSun needs to successfully complete this step. If the user does not recognize that a patient problem may be related to the use of a medical device, a report will not ...

... event that causes harm is typically called an adverse event (e.g., ... community would use PSRS data to identify safety hazards, prioritize where ...

... sources provide more information about defining and reporting device-related AEs and ... experience as any AE associated with the use of a drug in humans, whether or not ...

... maintenance, training, monitoring, and vigilance reporting on medical devices in ... adverse events 3 (p. 91), equipment surveillance means that nurses ...

... 11 , 12 For example, surveillance databases that monitor adverse events potentially associated with pharmaceuticals identified signals suggesting that use of HMG CoA-reductase inhibitors (statins) might increase ...

... care. This literature covers the extent of the problem of medication errors and adverse drug events, the phases of the medication-use process vulnerable to error, and the threats all ...

... is assumed to lead to lower downstream resource use in terms of blood components, adverse events and potentially length of stay. Two studies were identified comparing pelvic binders with no pelvic binders: Both ...

... prescribing for the elderly, and (4) chronic medication use. The most frequently mentioned medication safety concern was “adverse events associated with drug-drug interactions” (25 mentions). One physician described the general problem: “There are a lot of interactions, and a ...

... data for patient safety reporting is how effectively adverse events can be identified from ICD-9-CM E -code and N -code diagnoses. There are two systems relevant to patient safety reporting that make use of hospital discharge data: the Complications Screening Program ( ...

... to ensure consistent implementation and standardized data collection. Without additional specification, the events may be interpreted and reported differently. (For example, if a patient were injured from a device malfunction and needed to use crutches at the time of discharge, some States ...