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...
Dec 16, 2019 | Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR), Central Office, Education, Featured Posts, Patient Safety
Infusion pumps. Orthopedic implants. Defibrillators. CT scanners. Syringes. Devices are an invaluable part of our health care system. They save lives, relieve suffering, and enable us to provide care for patients every day. But what happens when they don’t work the...
Oct 24, 2019 | Featured Posts, Interior Health (IH), Patient Safety, Success Stories
You may have heard that PSLS receives over 400 incident reports each day from health care providers across the province. When this statistic is shared, we often clarify that the majority of these incidents do not result in patient harm. Whew! That’s good news. But...
Sep 3, 2019 | Central Office, Featured Posts, Patient Safety
What’s the plan? We tend to ask this question a lot. What’s the plan for today’s meeting? What’s the plan for lunch? It’s often pretty easy to answer. Sometimes it’s not so simple, though. What’s the plan for next five years? What will our organization focus on, what...
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...
