Patient First Preventing harm Improving Care Conference will take place at London’s ExCeL on Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd November 2017. Patient First welcomes an attendance of over 3,700 healthcare professionals over two days for the latest insight, education, sourcing and networking in and around patient safety and is delighted to be working with NAMDET …
The date and location of the next NAMDET NW Regional Meeting will be: Date: February 9th 2016, 10am-4pm Location: Room 3, Education Centre, Wrightington Hospital, Hall Ln, Appley Bridge, Wigan WN6 9EP If you will be attending please inform Tammy Marsh at tammy.marsh@pat.nhs.uk or on 0161 627 8358 by 3rd February for catering purposes. For …
ECLIPSE (Exploring the Current Landscape of Intravenous Infusion Practices & Errors) are completing research in the different IV practices in England, how often and what type of errors occur, what factors increase or reduce the likelihood of error, Do Smart pumps deliver safer IV practice, What is the best practice in Infusion design, deployment and …
Medical Devices Trainer/Training Coordinator Full Time: NHS Band 6/7 + High Cost Area Supplement (Banding depends on current salary, knowledge, skills and experience of successful candidate) Do you have an interest in medical devices, education and training? Do you enjoy working in a healthcare environment with opportunities to interact with clinical staff and teach others on the correct and …
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NAMDET have been allocated funding for a magazine for our members. As it is for NAMDET, we are requesting that NAMDET members should suggest a suitable title. We are working closely with a professional publishing firm to develop a regular journal for all namdet members starting from 2017. The journal will be free to all …
NAMDET has expanded to Facebook. Just go to Facebook and type in search: NAMDET. There are many photographs already uploaded
The MHRA would like comments on their draft guidance of The Human Factors and Usability Engineering – Guidance for Medical Devices Including Drug-device Combination Products. The final day for comments is the 5th August 2016. Could comments be sent to dts@mhra.gsi.gov.uk NAMDET have had representatives at the MHRA’s Human factors event. This has looked at …
The inquest heard a defibrillator for her heart was left unplugged while a member of staff tried to insert medical equipment in 14 year old Jessica’s arm the wrong way round. She died hours later. Follow the link for the full story
OUTDATED medical equipment has been blamed for a spate of repetitive strain injuries at a hospital. follow this link to the news item
The MHRA have advised that medical devices are to be cleaned in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, If they are inadequate then an Adverse Incident Report should be raised. Are manufacturer’s instructions for cleaning, adequate for the cleaning/decontamination of devices? Do Infection Control Nurses agree with the cleaning processes? Was the decontamination process addressed at …