The summit was a great success!! Attendees took part in this multidisciplinary "all hands on deck" summit of medical device industry representatives, clinicians, clinical engineers and technicians, academics, patient safety officers, subject experts, and other stakeholders.
Following the model of the successful 2010 AAMI-FDA Infusion Device Summit, stakeholders plan to develop priorities on the key issues with the safety and effectiveness of medical device/system alarms.
Over a recent four-year period, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reportedly received more than 500 reports of patient deaths related to alarms on monitoring devices. The topic has been the focus of national media attention, a Joint Commission sentinel alert, a special ECRI Institute report, a special AAMI issue of Horizons (May 2011), and peer-reviewed articles from all three conveners plus many other organizations. Alarm safety was one of the top issues in recent AAMI and ECRI Institute surveys on "top 10" device issues.
Materials from the summit are now available. Link here.
Questions? Contact Chris Dinegar, Vice President, Education at 703-253-8270 or e-mail cdinegar@aami.org.