Ensuring patient safety by rational choice of color masterbatch for medical device applications—A case study investigating the properties of an ABS / SAN blend colored by different masterbatches based on styrenic polymers

2021 ◽  
pp. 51844
Author(s):  
Björn Günther ◽  
Thomas Kremser ◽  
Markus Susoff ◽  
Petr Formanek ◽  
Andreas Fery ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Medical Device ◽  
Device Applications ◽  
Styrenic Polymers

A Fluidic Vibrational Energy Harvester for Implantable Medical Device Applications

2017 ◽  
Vol 137 (6) ◽  
pp. 152-158
Author(s):  
Satoshi Inoue ◽  
Takuya Takahashi ◽  
Momoko Kumemura ◽  
Kazunori Ishibashi ◽  
Hiroyuki Fujita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Device ◽  
Energy Harvester ◽  
Vibrational Energy ◽  
Implantable Medical Device ◽  
Device Applications

Antibacterial noncytotoxic chitosan coatings on polytetrafluoroethylene films by plasma grafting for medical device applications

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana M. Vaz ◽  
Thiago B. Taketa ◽  
Jacobo Hernandez-Montelongo ◽  
Larissa M. C. G. Fiúza ◽  
Cristiano Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Device ◽  
Plasma Grafting ◽  
Device Applications

Evaluation of patient safety culture in a private general hospital: a case study in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassiana Gil Prates ◽  
Rita Catalina Aquino Caregnato ◽  
Ana Maria Müller de Magalhães ◽  
Daiane Dal Pai ◽  
Janete de Souza Urbanetto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Administrative Services ◽  
Graduate Degrees ◽  
Brazilian Version

PurposeThe purpose is to assess the patient safety culture perceived by healthcare and administrative staff in a Brazilian hospital and examine whether education and experience are related to positive perceptions.Design/methodology/approachA descriptive–analytical case study was carried out at Ernesto Dornelles Hospital, a private Brazilian institution. The Brazilian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture was used to assess the perceptions of 618 participants, of whom 315 worked in healthcare assistance and 303 in administrative services. The main outcome was the percentage of positive responses, and the independent variables included the type of work, schooling and length of experience.FindingsNone of the twelve dimensions was strengthened. The percentage of positive responses was the highest for “Hospital management support for patient safety” (67.5%), and the lowest was for “Nonpunitive response to error” (29%). The healthcare staff had a slightly higher average than the administrative staff. The percentage of positive responses from professionals with undergraduate or graduate degrees was higher for the eight dimensions of safety culture. The length of hospital experience was not associated with any dimensions.Originality/valueThis study explored the influence of education and professional experience on the perception of patient safety in healthcare and administrative staff from a private institution. These approaches allow to know with greater depth and clarity factors that are related to the patient safety culture and, thus, have more consistent evidence to support interventions in specific needs.

scholarly journals Patient safety may be compromised if study conclusions are generalized to products that make similar claims but have no equivalent research evidence

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Gefen ◽  
Nick Santamaria ◽  
Sue Creehan ◽  
Joyce Black
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Medical Device ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Product Selection ◽  
Specific Product ◽  
Medical Claims ◽  
Published Evidence ◽  
Pressure Injury ◽  
Pressure Injury Prevention

This paper addresses a fundamentally important issue in health care, namely how to make informed decisions on product selection when two products, from different manufacturers, appear to be similar and have medical claims that sound comparable. In such cases, manufacturers of competing products often use each other’s evidence. They argue that the published evidence is generally applicable even if the original bioengineering tests and clinical trials were performed on a specific product, and no equivalence was obtained for their product that has similar medical claims. In this work, we use prophylactic dressings for pressure injury prevention as a good demonstrative example on how patient safety may be compromised if study conclusions are generally projected to such unstudied products. The medical device industry is regulated differently than the pharmaceutical industry, and consequently, voids in current medical device regulation are sometimes used to promote commercial interests. This paper analyzes gaps and potential pitfalls that occur where guiding documentations (e.g. guidelines, standards) do not cope well with medical technology. We explain how that can eventually lead to potential compromises to the well-being of patients, primarily if nurses are unaware of the aforementioned pitfalls. We conclude that currently, there is no alternative to rigorousness: Clinicians and decision-makers need to scrutinize up-to-date literature, decide which products have the best portfolio of bioengineering and clinical research to support the claims made, and which products have the best cost–benefit models. This is fundamentally different from simply buying the least expensive product because of appealing sale arguments.

scholarly journals Surveillance, anticipation and firefighting: Perspectives of patient safety from a New Zealand case study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Wailling ◽  
Brian Robinson ◽  
M Coombs
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Structured Interviews

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: This study explored how doctors, nurses and managers working in a New Zealand tertiary hospital understand patient safety. Background: Despite health care systems implementing proven safety strategies from high reliability organisations, such as aviation and nuclear power, these have not been uniformly adopted by health care professionals with concerns raised about clinician engagement. Design: Instrumental, embedded case study design using qualitative methods. Methods: The study used purposeful sampling, and data was collected using focus groups and semi-structured interviews with doctors (n = 31); registered nurses (n = 19); and senior organisational managers (n = 3) in a New Zealand tertiary hospital. Results: Safety was described as a core organisational value. Clinicians appreciated proactive safety approaches characterized by anticipation and vigilance, where they expertly recognized and adapted to safety risks. Managers trusted evidence-based safety rules and approaches that recorded, categorized and measured safety. Conclusion and Implications for Nursing Management: It is important that nurse managers hold a more refined understanding about safety. Organisations are more likely to support safe patient care if cultural complexity is accounted for. Recognizing how different occupational groups perceive and respond to safety, rather than attempting to reinforce a uniform set of safety actions and responsibilities, is likely to bring together a shared understanding of safety, build trust and nurture safety culture.

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