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Windstone Medical Packaging, Inc. Recalls Local Lower Extremity Pack, In House Ocular Pack and Closure Kit Containing Sterile Water Based Products Under Recall by Nurse Assist
2023 Medical Device Recalls
Cardinal Health Recalls Sterile Monoject Luer-Lock and Enteral Syringes Due to a Change in Manufacturing
Ventec Life Systems Recalls VOCSN Patient Breathing Package (Pediatric, Active, Oxygen, Blue) for Manufacturing Issue with Bonded Spiral Wrap
Medtronic Neurosurgery Recalls Duet External Drainage and Monitoring System Catheter Tubing due to a Potential for the Catheter Disconnection from the Patient Line Stopcock Connectors
Baxter Healthcare Recalls ExactaMix Pro 1200 and Pro 2400 Due to a Software Error
Smiths Medical ASD Inc. Recalls Medfusion Model 3500 Syringe Pump Due to Issues Associated with Earlier Software Versions
Datex-Ohmeda Recalls EVair Air Compressors Due to Formaldehyde Emissions Found in Specific Conditions When Used with CARESCAPE R860, Engstrom Carestation or Pro Ventilators
Wipro GE Healthcare Private Ltd. Recalls Care Plus, Care Plus models 1000-4000 and Lullaby Incubators Due to Problems with Door Latch
Hintermann Series H3 Total Ankle Replacement Has a Higher-Than-Expected Risk of Device Failure: FDA Safety Communication
Follow Instructions for Safe Use of Electrical Operating Room Tables - Letter to Health Care Providers
Megadyne Reiterates Intended Use Population Change for Megadyne Mega Soft Universal and Universal Plus Patient Return Electrodes
BioZorb Markers and Potential Risks with Use in Breast Tissue: FDA Safety Communication
Avanos Medical, Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall in Response to Nurse Assist, LLC Sterile Water Medical Products Recall
Brassica Pharma Pvt. Ltd. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Equate Lubricant Eye Ointment, Equate Stye Lubricant Eye Ointment, CVS Health Lubricant Eye Ointment, Lubricant PM Ointment Due to Potential Lack of Sterility
Medtronic Recalls NIM CONTACT Reinforced EMG Endotracheal Tube and the NIM Standard Reinforced EMG Endotracheal Tube for Risk of Airway Obstruction
Do Not Use Smartwatches or Smart Rings to Measure Blood Glucose Levels: FDA Safety Communication
Update: Recommendations for Certain Medtronic Electromyogram Endotracheal Tubes and Risk of Airway Obstruction – Letter to Health Care Providers
Our mission and how we hope to move the field forward: statement from the BMJ Quality & Safety senior editorial team 2023
Despite progress in many areas, the world continues to face significant and growing challenges to the delivery of high-quality healthcare. Consistently high levels of avoidable harm are reported internationally.1 Inequities in quality persist and solutions are in short supply.2 Implementing initiatives to increase the uptake of effective care and de-implement ineffective technologies has also proven difficult.3 4 Patient-centred care is on the ‘to do’ list for healthcare systems but in too many instances it is deprioritised by decisions that seem arbitrary and not connected to any clear ethical framework.5 Delayed care is another widespread problem and we have long known that crude top-down solutions such as targets are unlikely to work.6
These challenges are formidable and exist against a backdrop of demographic pressures, staffing crises and financial constraints. In the context of these challenges,...