Medical Devices
6 Recent Medical Device Recalls
Article Summary: This article compiles medical device recalls reported to the FDA since mid-April, 2021. By Maia Anderson, Becker’s Hospital Review, Apr 30, 2021. Medical device recalls, whether voluntary or mandated by the FDA,… Read More
SURGICAL STAPLER LAWSUITS
By Jane Mundy, forlawyersandsettlements.com. Surgical stapler lawsuits aimed at medical device manufacturers claim that these defective surgical staplers have caused serious injuries—for many years: The majority of complications were concealed from the public by the… Read More
6 Recent Drug, Device Recalls
By Maia Anderson, Becker’s Hospital Review, Jun 15, 2020. Medical device and drug recalls, whether voluntary or mandated by the FDA, ensure patient safety. Here are six reported to the FDA in the last month:… Read More
Reports Of Patients’ Deaths Linked To Heart Devices Hidden by the FDA
Reports Of Patients’ Deaths Linked To Heart Devices Lurk Below Radar By Christina Jewett, KHN, Dec. 24, 2019. The Food and Drug Administration continues to file thousands of reports of patients’ deaths related to medical… Read More
Top 10 Medical Technology Hazards of 2020 Announced
By Christopher Cheney, HealthLeaders Media, October 08, 2019. Surgical staplers are the top medical technology hazard for 2020, according to the ECRI Institute. Twenty years after publication of the Institute of Medicine’s landmark report To… Read More
Cleaning Plant Troubles Could Lead to Hospital Tool Shortage
WASHINGTON (AP) Nov. 5, 2019— In an Oct. 25 story about medical devices, The Associated Press reported on the closure of several facilities that use a carcinogenic gas to sterilize medical equipment, including a Georgia… Read More
Medicare Fraudsters Now Tap Telemedicine In Medical Equipment Scams
By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News, Oct. 9, 2019. Dean Ernest had been living in a nursing home about a year when his son, John, got a call last winter asking if his father was… Read More
Patients Struggle To Get Crucial Diabetic Supplies
By Bram Sable-Smith, NPR Shots, Sep 19, 2019. In the first three months after getting his Dexcom continuous glucose monitor, Ric Peralta managed to reduce his average blood sugar level by three percentage points. “It took… Read More
Hospitals Should Replace Infection-Prone Scopes With Safer Models, F.D.A. Says
By Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times. Companies that make reusable, snakelike cameras to examine patients internally should begin making disposable versions, because the current models cannot be properly sterilized and have spread infections… Read More