This helpful looseleaf publication provides an easy-to-learn and reliable "systems technique" for the analysis of medical device incidents. As the only medical center guide that explains and integrates the medical device reporting and tracking regulations into existing management systems, Shepherd's System guides the reader through each medical device related incident - including the incident investigation, analysis, SMDA legal reporting requirements, and JCAHO performance improvements. In coordination with Q.A. or risk management programs, the publication and its updates include: Shepherd's System Technique/Analyzing Failure Causes/Actual Case Investigations/Investigating the Incident/Recording the Scene/Reconstructing the Incident/user Error Analysis/Whom & How to Interview/Keeping Samples & Records/Analyzing the Evidence/Making Recommendations/Complying with SMDA Reporting/Medical Device Tracking/PTSM Performance Improvements/Preventing Future Incidents/Minimizing Liability Exposure.
- ISBN10 0930844351
- ISBN13 9780930844356
- Publish Date 1 January 1992
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 10 January 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Format Hardcover
- Language English