MedSun update: Newsletter #44, January 2010 by FDA

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Thermoflect Blankets and product line - Recall
Encompass Group and FDA notified healthcare professionals of the voluntary recall of the Thermoflect product line for relabeling regarding its use in the MR (Magnetic Resonance) environment…

CT Brain Perfusion Scans Safety Investigation: Initial Notification
The FDA, working with state and local health authorities, has identified at least 50 additional patients who were exposed to excess radiation of up to eight times the expected level during their CT perfusion scans…

Steris System 1 Processor: FDA Notice and Recommendations
FDA notified healthcare facility administrators and infection control healthcare professionals of important information regarding the regulatory status of the STERIS System 1 Processor (SS1) used in surgical and endoscopy suites for reprocessing, i.e., sterilizing or...

CDC Guidelines for Infection Control
Infection prevention and control guidelines and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) are available from the CDC site. Other recommendations included are...

Do Community Wristbands Present a Patient Safety Risk?
There is potential for confusion between community wristbands and hospital color-coded wristbands if the community wristbands are inadvertently interpreted as hospital wristbands. This could result in inadequate or incorrect care being delivered to patients...

Recommendations for Diagnosis of Shiga Toxin - Producing Escherichia coli Infections by Clinical Laboratories
This report provides comprehensive and detailed recommendations for Shiga toxin--producing Escherichia coli (STEC) testing by clinical laboratories, procedures for specimen selection, handling, and transport; a review of culture and nonculture tests for STEC detection; and clinical...

Differential Anemia Diagnosis: What's the Best Marker of Iron Status?
News Even with such a profound disease burden, iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and anemia of chronic disease (ACD) often receive sub-optimal clinical management. Strategies to definitively diagnose and treat the conditions have not been widely implemented, and there is...

Drain Disposal of Chemicals
This article gives recommendations on proper drain disposal of chemicals. Including, be certain that the sewer flows to a wastewater treatment plant and not to a stream or other natural water course. For compounds not suitable for drain disposal, label and package the...

Corneal Abrasion Injuries
Corneal abrasion is the most common ocular injury occurring in the perioperative period. Most of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority reports (81%) were recognized in the perioperative setting. However, 19% of the reports occurred in diverse care areas...