2016 Risk Course Book

TOP 10 HEALTH TECHNOLOGY HAZARDS FOR 2013

• Alarm hazards. • Medication errors with infusion pumps. • Exposure from diagnostic radiology. • Patient/data mismatch in health IT. • Air embolism hazard.

• Interoperability failure between devices and IT. • Paediatric patients and “adult technology”. • Inadequate reprocessing of endoscopes. • Distraction from smartphones. • Surgical fires.

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