Patient safety alerts: Improving medical device incident reporting and learning

Document first published:
Page updated:
Topic:
Publication type:

This alert recommended changes to strengthen local clinical governance arrangements and the identification of Medical Devices Safety Officers (MDSOs) and multi-professional groups to review incidents and to improve the safety of medical devices.

Document

Improving medical device incident reporting and learning

Improving medical device incident reporting and learning

  • PDF
  • 163 KB
  • 1 pages

Document

Improving medical device incident reporting and learning - supporting information

Improving medical device incident reporting and learning - supporting information

  • PDF
  • 557 KB
  • 25 pages

Summary

Improving medical device incident reporting and learning alert was amended on 1 Apr 2014 to reflect changes to adverse incident report figures in appendix B and a revised link to the EU directive on medical devices.