Medical Devices
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Educational Materials
Here you will find various materials to help educate staff about the identification, understanding and analysis of medical device problems.
Conferences
Audioconferences by Date
- MedSun Reporting by Biomedical and Clinical Engineers: Sites' Safety Stories and Successes - July 24, 2012
- Practical Advice for Preventing Surgical Fires: Safety Strategies from the Front Lines - June 12, 2012
- Phototherapy and Cooling Therapy Device Safety in Neonatal Patients - September 22, 2011
- PICC and Umbilical Catheter Safety in Neonatal Patients – October 28, 2010
- Medical Device Event Reporting in Ophthalmic Settings – June 9, 2010
- Improving Patient Safety by Reporting Problems with Medical Devices Used in the Home – December 9, 2009
- Peripheral IV and PICC Safety in Pediatric and Neonatal Patients - November 18, 2009
- Human Factors: Tools and Tips for Clinical Engineers and Medical Device Users - [Audio] [Transcript]- March 13, 2009
- Luer Connector Misconnections: Under-Recognized but Potentially Dangerous Events - November 19, 2008
- MedSun KidNet Roundtable Discussion - May 15, 2008
- The Practice of Laboratory Medicine in the Twenty First Century – Achieving Relevance in a Tidal Wave of Change - April 30, 2008
- MedSun KidNet Roundtable Discussion - October 15, 2007
- Current Issues in Medical Telemetry and Wireless Connectivity - May 24, 2006
- Batteries in Medical Devices - Technologies, Use and Maintenance - December 13, 2005
- Cybersecurity of Medical Devices - April 12, 2005
Materials for Sub-specialty Networks
- Network Poster [Text] [PDF]
- Improving Patient Safety by Reporting Problems with Medical Devices Involving Pediatric and Neonatal Patients (Updated Version) [Text] [PDF]
- Also available in a more general version.
Materials Developed by Medsun
- Improving Patient Safety by Reporting Problems with Medical Devices – Home Version
- Speaker Notes
- Printable Speaker Notes (PDF)
- Slides (PowerPoint)
- Slide Handouts (PDF)
- Improving Patient Safety by Reporting Problems with Medical Devices - General Version
- Speaker Notes
- Printable Speaker Notes (PDF)
- Slides (PowerPoint)
- Slide Handouts (PDF)
- Improving Patient Safety by Reporting Problems with In Vitro Diagnostic Devices - Lab Version
- Speaker Notes
- Printable Speaker Notes (PDF)
- Slides (PowerPoint)
- Slide Handouts (PDF)
- Improving Patient Safety by Reporting Problems with Medical Devices - Pediatric Version
- Speaker Notes
- Printable Speaker Notes (PDF)
- Slides (PowerPoint)
- Slide Handouts (PDF)
- Improving Patient Safety by Reporting Problems with Medical Devices - Operating Room Version
- Speaker Notes
- Printable Speaker Notes (PDF)
- Slides (PowerPoint)
- Slide Handouts (PDF)
Recognize, Remove, Report Video
The 9-minute Recognize, Remove, Report video illustrates why it is so important for healthcare providers to recognize when medical device problems occur. This video demonstrates how to address these problems in the healthcare setting and stresses the importance of reporting them to the FDA. This video may be used as an educational tool for healthcare staff in-service/training to encourage medical device reporting so as to enhance patient safety outcomes.
The video is also available online in these formats:
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