Highlighted articles include:
Breast Implants: FDA Review Indicates Possible Association With A Rare Cancer
Data suggests that patients with breast implants may have a very small but significant risk of ALCL in the scar capsule adjacent to the implant...
Fresenius Medical CombiSet True Flow Series Hemodialysis Blood Tubing Set with Priming Set and Transducer Protectors - Class I Recall
Affected hemodialysis blood tubing sets may develop kinking of the arterial line...
AngioSculpt Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Scoring Balloon Catheter - Class I Recall
Use of affected devices may lead to retained device fragments, need for additional surgical intervention, significant arterial injury, or death...
Triad Alcohol Prep Pads, Alcohol Swabs, and Alcohol Swabsticks: Recall Due to Potential Microbial Contamination
Use of contaminated alcohol prep pads, alcohol swabs, and alcohol swabsticks could lead to life-threatening infections, especially in at-risk populations...
Equipment-related Incidents in the Operating Room: an Analysis of Occurrence, Underlying Causes and Consequences for the Clinical Process
In this study, equipment-related incidents occurred frequently in the involved hospital sites (up to 15.9%) and resulted in some extra work and additional minutes of delay per event...
Our Patient Just Died from a Medical Error: What Next?
The risk of not responding to adverse events quickly and effectively are huge...
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