Medical Equipment Failure

Medical Device Reporting (MDR): How to Report Medical …

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-safety/medical-device-reporting-mdr-how-report-medical-device-problems

Submit reports to the FDA through the MedWatch program in one of the following ways: Complete the MedWatch Online Reporting Form. Download form or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form ...

Seven serious medical device malfunctions that have led to urgent FDA ...

https://www.nsmedicaldevices.com/analysis/medical-device-failures-fda-recalls/

Medical Device Makers Report Malfunctions …

https://khn.org/news/hidden-fda-database-medical-device-injuries-malfunctions/

The Food and Drug Administration has let medical device companies file reports of injuries and …

Medical devices have caused more than 80,000 deaths …

https://www.statnews.com/2018/11/25/medical-devices-pain-other-conditions-more-than-80000-deaths-since-2008/

Medical devices for pain, other conditions have caused more than 80,000 deaths since 2008. After having a spinal cord stimulator implanted in his back in 2014, 45 …

Five Common Causes of Medical Device Failure

https://www.mddionline.com/testing/five-common-causes-medical-device-failure

Epic Fails in Medical Device History

https://www.medreps.com/medical-sales-careers/epic-fails-in-medical-device-history

AEDs automatically diagnose abnormal heart rhythms and deliver shocks to people in cardiac arrest. The problem is, they don’t always work. The …

Prediction of Medical Equipment Failure Rate: A Case …

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-48308-5_62

Over the past few decades, failure rate prediction, also known as reliability prediction, of medical devices have been studied by many researchers at the design …

Medical Equipment Management Plan - Duke …

https://www.safety.duke.edu/sites/default/files/Medical-Equipment-Management-Plan.pdf

Policy/Procedure: DUHS 2020 Medical Equipment Management Plan Document ID:1069 Revision Number: 3 Status: Review Origination Date: 07/31/2007 Effective Date: 1/1/2022 …

The grim stories behind seven of medtech’s …

https://www.medicaldesignandoutsourcing.com/the-grim-stories-behind-seven-of-medtechs-worst-failures/

Danielle Kirsh. Danielle Kirsh is an award-winning journalist and senior editor for Medical Design & Outsourcing, MassDevice, and Medical Tubing + …

Medical Equipment Failures - John H. Fisher, P.C.

https://protectingpatientrights.com/blog/medical-equipment-failures/

Patients are exposed to many medical devices such as IVs, pumps, heart monitors, blood sugar monitors, defibrillators, anesthesia machines, and blood pressure machines. …