NAMDET Board are very pleased to announce that our new official journal will be named MDET (Medical Device Education & Training) Thank you to the many members that sent in their ideas for a journal name. It was very difficult to decide but eventually, after much debate, we decided we needed to settle on a …
The NHS Improvement Patient Safety Team have produced a two minute animated video to show the process of developing a Patient Safety Alert and the importance of reporting incidents to the NHS’s National Reporting and Learning System. Patient Safety Alerts are issued by NHS Improvement to provide advice and information to providers of NHS-funded care …
NHS Improvement have issued another alert (Stage 3) around safety of air and oxygen flowmeters and risk of misconnection. This reports raises again the importance of checking, testing, and ensuring the right device is in the right place at the right time. Systems to help reduce these fatal errors are also suggested. pateint-safety-alert-nhs-improvement-4th-october-2016 nhs-improvement-air-outlet-safety-october-2016 Please …
Unfortunately, IPEM have postponed their Human Factors & Medical Devices event in Cardiff for January 2017. The issue date for the corresponding MHRA document on Human Factors is not due for publication until after March 2017 and the event will be rebooked to coinice with it’s launch. Please keep an eye out for the new …
A new topic has been set up in the “Medical Device Training’ section of the member’s forum page. A topic on ‘ recording competency’ has been set up to allow members to share experience, resources and ways improve. Don’t forget to ‘tick the box’ to get updates as the topic discussion grows. namdet website …
NAMDET has been informed that the Credentialing ‘Stakeholders‘ meeting booked for December 15th has been postponed until January 2017. The new date is yet to be confirmed. As soon as NAMDET get the new date, we’ll update all members. Credentialing is high on our agenda and NAMDET is pleased to be involved in this high …
The value of human factors and ergonomics on medical devices and its importance on medical device user training IPEM are organising a one day meeting in Cardiff on January 25th, 2017 and are looking for abstracts and possible speakers to help develop a great training day. If you have any recent projects, research or know …
NAMDET has received the presentations (PDF) and photos from our biggest conference to date. Please follow the ‘Conference 2016’ button link from the front page of the namdet website. Once again a big THANK YOU to all those who helped plan, deliver and manage the event. namdet
Our Engineering colleagues across the NHS have been collaborating to develop a new standard PAQ (Pre-Aquisition Questionnaire) and a new agreed one is available. Please note this original 2016 version has been replaced with th enew 2018 version linked above. NAMDET is pleased to see ‘training’ listed as key requirements and we are always keen …
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Our colleagues at CME have issued some new advice around covering up the screen on syringe drivers if used in direct sunlight as this may affect its use. Please see their safety bulletin and share the information with your colleagues in EBME, Medical Equipment Management etc. cme-medical-ambulatory-pump-safety-notice-fsn-2016-004 Many thanks website team @ namdet