[Critical incidents with medical products].

Der Anaesthesist
M RegnerM Hübler

Abstract

Various vigilance systems have been established in medicine during the last two decades. The aims are the identification of critical incidents and to implement appropriate countermeasures thus decreasing the likelihood of accidents and increasing patient and user safety. The types of systems are very divergent: they are either restricted to individual departments, hospitals, specialist or occupational groups or function nationwide. The legislative provision for medical products also includes critical incident surveillance and reporting systems and focuses on the subset of events with involvement of medical products. The responsible German authority is the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Products which contacts manufacturers and informs users. This article describes experiences with the responsible authority. Not all users are aware that an obligation for reporting exists. A proposal is made to simplify the reporting process in order to enhance user willingness for reporting. Additionally, it is suggested that a link should be incorporated into all existing critical incident reporting systems which can forward the user to the specific reporting website.

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Aug 30, 2007·Der Anaesthesist·M HüblerT Koch
May 2, 2009·Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz·D Wetzel, D von Mallek
Oct 20, 2009·British Journal of Anaesthesia·A F Smith, R P Mahajan

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Feb 22, 2014·European Journal of Anaesthesiology·Claus ZippelSabine Bohnet-Joschko
Sep 10, 2015·Der Anaesthesist·M Regner
Jun 24, 2016·Der Schmerz·M Regner, R Sabatowski

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