Max Mobility/Permobil has voluntarily expanded its recall of the SpeedControl Dial, a wired control option for the SmartDrive MX2+ Power Assist Device, due to safety and performance concerns. This voluntary action applies to all SpeedControl Dials manufactured and distributed between the dates of Ap

Draeger recalls SafeStar, TwinStar filters due to misleading carbon dioxide waveforms, may result in unnecessary treatment, potentially causing harm or death

SAN DIEGO – August 7, 2025 – Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (Nasdaq: TNDM) has announced a voluntary medical device correction for select t:slim X2 insulin pumps to address a potential speaker-related issue that can trigger an error resulting in a discontinuation of insulin delivery.

DermaRite Industries, LLC is voluntarily recalling individual lots of products in the table below due to microbial contamination identified as Burkholderia cepecia.

FDA Update on the Safety of Ixchiq (Chikungunya Vaccine, Live). FDA Removes Recommended Pause in Use and Approves Required Updated Labeling: FDA Safety Communication

Recall affects certain Medline ReNewal Reprocessed St. Jude Medical Response Diagnostic Electrophysiology Catheters and Supreme Electrophysiology Catheters

Boston Scientific has issued a letter to affected customers recommending all lots of certain WATCHMAN Access Systems have updated use instructions

This communication is part of the Communications Pilot to Enhance the Medical Device Recall Program

BiPAP A30, A40, and V30 devices may shut down due to a Ventilator Interruptions, leading to therapy loss. May cause serious injury or death.

FDA is Requiring Opioid Pain Medicine Manufacturers to Update Prescribing Information Regarding Long-Term Use. Class-Wide Action Will Further Emphasize and Characterize Risks of Long-Term Use to Help Patients, Health Care Professionals Make Informed Treatment Decisions: Drug Safety Communication

Ethicon Endo-Surgery is correcting the Endopath Echelon due to a potential surgical lockout that stops cutting or stapling and requires extra removal steps.

Edwards recalls arterial cannulae due to risk of wire exposure that may cause serious patient harm.

Baxter is removing mobile lift components due to risk of false attachment, which may result in patient injury due to falls.

This communication is part of the Communications Pilot to Enhance the Medical Device Recall Program

Medline Craniotomy Kits are procedure convenience kits. Kits containing the Codman Disposable Perforator are being corrected by Medline Industries.

MicroMyst Applicators are being recalled due to potential non-sterile product., but these devices may not have been properly sterilized.

Maquet is updating Servo Ventilator instructions due to a risk of inaccurate tidal volume delivery when the extended leak test is used.

This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war.1 Health professionals and their associations should urge their governments to support such a mandate and support the new United Nations (UN) comprehensive study on the effects of nuclear war.

The first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert 80 years ago, in July 1945. Three weeks later, two relatively small (by today’s standards), tactical-size nuclear weapons unleashed a cataclysm of radioactive incineration on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. By the end of 1945, about 213 000 people were dead.2 Tens of thousands more have died from late effects of the bombings.

Last December, Nihon Hidankyo, a movement that brings together atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its ‘efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons...

The article by Cho et al1 in the current issue of BMJ Quality and Safety addresses the persistent and debilitating problem of hospital falls, which remain a challenge worldwide. Despite decades of research on hospital falls,2 considerable effort by health professionals,3 and publication of clinical guidelines on falls prevention,4 5 falls and associated injuries continue to be a major threat to patient safety and quality. The reasons why hospital falls continue to be associated with injuries and increased hospital length of stay are incompletely understood and vary across patients and settings. What is known is that patient falls education early after hospital admission helps to prevent falls.6–8 Staff education on how to prevent hospital falls also helps to reduce the risk.9 Exercise, safe footwear, environmental modifications, use of assistive devices such...

Background

Inpatient falls are adverse events that often result in injury due to complex interactions between the hospital environment and patient risk factors and remain a significant problem in clinical settings.

Objectives

This study aimed to identify (1) practice variations and key issues ranging from hospital fall management protocols to incident detection, and (2) potential approaches to address these challenges.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Four general hospitals in South Korea.

Methods

Qualitative and quantitative data were analysed using the Donabedian quality outcomes model. Data were collected retrospectively during 2015–2023 from four general hospitals on local practice protocols, patient admission and nursing data from electronic records, and incident self-reports. Content analysis of practice protocol and manual chart reviews for hospital falls incidents was conducted at each site. Quantitative analyses of nursing activities and analysis of patient falls prevention interventions were also conducted at each site.

Results

There were variations in fall definitions, risk-assessment tools and inclusion and exclusion criteria among the local fall management protocols. The original and modified versions of the heuristic tools performed poorly to moderately, with areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.54~0.74 and 0.59~0.80, respectively. Preventive intervention practices varied significantly among the sites, with risk-targeted and tailored interventions delivered to only 1.15%~49.5% of at-risk patients. Fall events were not recorded in self-reporting systems and nursing notes for 29.5%~90.6% and 4.4%~17.1% of patients, respectively.

Conclusion

Challenges in fall prevention included weaknesses in the design and implementation of local fall protocols and low-quality incident self-reporting systems. Systematic and sustainable solutions are needed to help reduce hospital fall rates and injuries.