Jan 18, 2021 | Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR), Education, Equipment Safety, Featured Posts
Many of us in health care have been encouraged to see vaccines for COVID-19 becoming available in BC, Canada, and around the world. It’s an exciting time—reinforced by senior officials who have stated that there is now a light at the end of the tunnel. But what...
Feb 4, 2020 | Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR), Equipment Safety, Featured Posts
Did you know that it’s been almost eight weeks since Vanessa’s Law regulations came into effect? Since December 16, 2019, hospitals have been required to report serious adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and medical device incidents (MDIs) to Health Canada. In BC, this is...
Aug 20, 2019 | Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR), Equipment Safety, Featured Posts, Patient Safety, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
By guest blogger Brendan Gribbons, Regional Engineering Team Manager, Lower Mainland Biomedical Engineering (LMBME) Over-infusions Lower Mainland Biomedical Engineering (LMBME) and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) recently investigated a concerning incidence of...
Jul 25, 2019 | Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR), Central Office, Equipment Safety, Featured Posts
Have you heard of Vanessa’s Law? Officially known as the Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act, Vanessa’s Law is named after Vanessa Young, a fifteen-year-old girl who died of a cardiac arrhythmia after being prescribed Prepulsid® (cisapride) for a stomach...
Oct 4, 2016 | Equipment Safety, Featured Posts, Providence Health Care (PHC)
Programming infusion pumps has been recognized as a high-risk activity and a source of adverse events. Infusion pumps can look similar but function differently for reasons such as inconsistent software versions, leading to use errors and potential for patient harm....
Aug 18, 2014 | Equipment Safety, Featured Posts, Fraser Health (FH)
In 2010, Lower Mainland Biomedical Engineering (LMBME) became a single entity as part of Lower Mainland Consolidation (LMC); an initiative which consolidated many healthcare services in order to share resources and optimize patient care. With that change came a new...
