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FDA Patient Safety News (PSN) is a monthly video news show for healthcare professionals. It covers significant safety alerts, recalls, new product approvals, and offers important tips on protecting patients. Read the complete stories and watch or download the video program at http://www.fda.gov/psn. You may have already received notification of some of these safety issues through the MedWatch list serve. However, many of these PSN stories contain video footage and demonstrations that may be especially useful to educators in healthcare facilities and academic institutions.
Stories in the October 2008 edition include:
Warning on Tendon Injuries with Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics
Boxed warning and Medication Guide needed to draw attention to the risk of tendon rupture and tendinitis with fluoroquinolone drugs such as Cipro…
CT Scanning May Cause Malfunction of Electronic Medical Devices
X-rays emitted during CT exams could adversely affect insulin pumps, neurostimulators, pacemakers, defibrillators…
Update on Cardiopulmonary Reactions with Ultrasound Micro-bubble Contrast Agents
Contrast agents Definity and Optison are no longer contraindicated for patients with unstable cardiopulmonary status; however, these high risk patients should be closely monitored…
Avoiding Cardiotoxicity with Mitoxantrone
The importance of monitoring LVEF during and after treatment with mitoxantrone…
Serious Complications from Using Recombinant Bone Morphogenetic Protein in the Cervical Spine
The safety and effectiveness of rhBMP in the cervical spine have not been demonstrated, and FDA has not approved it for this use…
Potentially Fatal Glucose Monitoring Errors with Icodextrin
Some point-of-care glucose meters use a type of test strip that can’t distinguish between glucose and other sugars…
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