Do you use KPIs or annual reports for medical device training? One of our newest members (Pat Taw) from Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is looking to establish criteria and bench-marking for KPIs for Medical Device Training and reporting. Can we ask if anyone has annual reports they would like to share ( or …
We’ve been requested by new namdet members for more contact details so please can all regional chairs and secretaries check that you have your meeting details, minutes and agendas, contact names and email addresses on the regional pages of the namdet website. This will allow for better contact and communications going forward. If you need …
A great big thank you goes out to all the team at NAMDET who helped put on a great conference at Manchester again this year. Our feedback has been fantastic overall and we’ve also uploaded the presentations for all members to see again and use in medical device training meetings and courses. Also a big …
Bookings are now closed and the conference promises to be the biggest one yet. Over 145 delegates and 13 exhibitors will be at NAMDET 2015; back again at the Manchester Conference Centre on Tuesday 17th November. Our speakers are travelling from all over the UK and this year’s event includes a guest speaker all the …
NAMDET are proud to be involved in the review of the 2016 edition of the MHRA Bulletin ‘ Infusion Systems’. Please contact your regional chair as we will be collecting comments, recommendations for improvements and updates to this extremely useful document. A copy of the current document and a form to record all changes, suggestions …
There are just a few places left for the NAMDET:2015 Control Risk, Improve Safety annual conference on 17th November in Manchester and reservations will be closing soon. If you haven’t already booked your place please follow this link for all the details. This year’s topics include; the safety agenda and risk, the perspective from the CQC, …
NAMDET is moving to a new website service and hosting service so please bear with us during this change. This should take no more than a day or so to check all links etc. Regional chairs and administrators are asked not to upload any news, posts until the new site is ready to use…. NAMDET …
The aim of the Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group (SALG) is to highlight potential or existing patient safety issues which fall within the anaesthesia care pathway. Part of the remit of SALG is to encourage incident reporting for the purpose of learning. The core membership of SALG includes members from the RCoA, AAGBI and NHS England. …
A quick reminder that Dagmar and her team from NHS England will be hosting their monthly national Medical Devices Safety Officer (MDSO) Webinar on Wednesday 7th October, from 1 until 2 p.m. This month’s event will also be looking at Blood Pressure Measurement Devices, issues and risks. For more information then please check out the …
The MHRA have updated their position on DEHP used in medcial devices/consumables and the info is now availabe on GOV.UK You can find Information for manufacturers and users of medical devices containing phthalates here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dehp-phthalates-in-medical-devices/dehp-phthalates-in-medical-devices Phthalates are chemicals added to polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic to make it softer and more flexible. Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is the …