Participation ahead for medical technology industry in first UK "safety solutions"
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Drafts of the first two sets of guidelines of a UK "patient safety solutions" programme were issued yesterday for open consultation. The measures proposed for "preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia" and "improving medicines reconciliation at admission" do not have explicit medtech-related implications, but the initiative does provide device suppliers with a platform for, at the very least, airing the benefits of their products.