Conference photos 2014
The NAMDET 2014 conference photos now available to view. Many thanks to Tim Hunt from Yorkshire for being our resident cameraman and collating all the images.
NAMDET Wales:Chairperson req’d
NAMDET Wales established a country wide group in 2014 and a position of Chairperson has become available. The 2 year role will require a NAMDET member who is; 1. Keen, enthusiastic and committed to medical device training 2. Can demonstrate effective leadership and management of meetings 3. Able to attend NAMDET strategy meetings (up to …
NAMDET Scotland for 2015
Bill Brash, Area Technical Manager, Medical Physics Department NHS Ayrshire & Arran has very kindly offered to start a new NAMDET regional group for Scotland. Bill’s background is in medical devices and hopes to arrange the first ever NAMDET Scotland meeting in early 2015.
Patient Safety First: December
This months on-line Webinar hosted by NHS England is now available via the Patient Safety First website. This months short presentations focused on Infusion Devices; How some cleaning wipes have damaged medical devices, plus a round up of incidents and alerts for Dec 2014. All Medical Device Safety Officers are able to join in this webinar, …
Marvin’s Presentation Received
The long awaited presentation from Marvin Mapunde: Medical Devices Training Co-ordinator, Leeds Teaching Hospitals (Better Training Compliance: A Systematic Approach to Recording and Monitoring Medical Devices Training) at this year’s conference has been received and posted on the Conference 2014 page. To find the slideshow simply access the link. As soon as Harold Thimbleby’s presentation is received that …
Welsh Healthcare Standards
A consultation period has begun for Wales NHS Healthcare Standards and of course ‘Medical Devices’ is key theme (2) NAMDET has been invited to submit comments during this consultation period and need to respond back by 26th January 2015. Please contact your regional chair who will be collating feedback from the NAMDET Wales region. The documents …
Conference 2014: feedback
Feedback and powerpoints are now appearing on the ‘Conference 2014‘ resources page. Access this link to keep up to date with changess and additions. As soon as we get them they’ll be uploaded for members to view…
Strategic Plan… feedback req’d
NAMDET has developed a new 5 year strategic plan that changes the way things will be managed going forward. As membership grows across the UK and Ireland, the team have proposed a new management/steering group to take on the roles of managing projects, website and conference planning. A full board meeting on January 7th in …
NAMDET launches You Tube channel
NAMDET has set up a YouTube channel and posted its first ever video. The NAMDET channel will be used for training videos, presentations and items of interest to medical device trainers. The first ever video posted was a digital story on managing syringe pumps and infusion lines, with the sticking syringe issues we all faced in 2014. …
03.12.14 Patient Safety First !
A new website for Medical Device Safety Officers is now available via the patient safety first website. Login to join the discussion threads, see whats happening in the world of patient safety and see what resources are available. There’s also a free to join monthly series of webinars offering a chance to discuss with colleagues …