Posts Tagged ‘patient safety’
Amgen is recalling certain lots of Procrit (epoetin alfa) and Epogen (epoetin alfa) because the vials may contain very thin flakes of glass. These glass flakes, which are barely visible, appear to come from the inner surface of the glass vials and ar…
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The medical products company Multi-Med is expanding an earlier recall of the company’s Huber needles. These products are being recalled because of the potential for the needles to core.
Huber needles are used to access implanted ports in patients…
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WestMed, Inc., is recalling certain lots of BagEasy manual resuscitation devices, because a disconnection could occur at the retention ring of the patient port manifold. This could cause the unit not to work, delaying resuscitation while the user fi…
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FDA is again alerting dental professionals about the possibility of serious patient burns from electric dental handpieces that overheat. Some patients have experienced third-degree burns that required reconstructive surgery. Although FDA issued a w…
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An estimated 600 surgical fires occur each year in the U.S. Although most are minor, some result in serious injury, disfigurement, or even death.
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) says the vast majority of these fires are preventable….
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Microneurosurgical clips are used to occlude small vessels during surgery for intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVM). Some AVM clips are supplied sterile and some are not, and this can cause confusion. For example, FDA received a report abo…
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FDA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are warning people not to use sleep positioners for their babies, because there is a chance they could suffocate. In the last 13 years, at least 12 babies between the ages of one and four months …
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FDA is informing healthcare professionals and patients that the drug Lamictal (lamotrigine) can cause aseptic meningitis. Lamictal is approved to treat bipolar disorder in adults, and seizures in adults and children two years and older.
FDA’s r…
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FDA and CDC are alerting healthcare professionals and patients about the risk of transmitting hepatitis B virus (HBV) and other infectious diseases when fingerstick lancing devices are used on more than one person. These devices puncture the skin to…
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The manufacturer Ikaria is recalling its INOMAX DS drug delivery system because a pressure switch in the device may fail. INOMAX delivers nitric oxide, a vasodilator, to treat term and near-term neonates with hypoxic respiratory failure associated w…
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