Add this result to my export selection Allergens Issues - Food Safety in the NHS Source: NHS Improvement (Remove filter) Published by NHS Improvement, 29 January 2020 Recently there have been several incidents relating to allergens (AGs) in hospital food reported. Consistent themes are lack of info and/or communication on food AGs present in food and/or details of... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Risk of death from unintended administration of sodium nitrite Source: NHS Improvement (Remove filter) Published by NHS Improvement, 06 August 2020 Sodium nitrite is an antidote to cyanide poisoning, and is categorised as a highly toxic product which should only be available in Emergency Departments. There have been reports of inadvertent... Read Summary SPS comment Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Rapid Over Infusion of Parenteral Nutrition (PN)- update to Patient Safety Alert NHS/PSA/W/2017/005 issued Sept 2017 (PDF) Source: NHS Improvement (Remove filter) Published by NHS Improvement, 18 April 2019 Following death of premature baby due to failure to attach giving set to pump, resulting in PN bag running as free-flow and baby receiving 150 instead of 2ml per hour, alert has been updated to draw... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Risk of death and severe harm from ingesting superabsorbent polymer gel granules Source: NHS Improvement (Remove filter) Published by NHS Improvement, 29 November 2019 Granules are used to reduce spillage onto bedding/clothing when patients use urine bottles/vomit bowls, or when staff move fluid-filled containers. This Alert requires any organisation still using... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Management of life threatening bleeds from arteriovenous fistulae and grafts Source: NHS Improvement (Remove filter) Published by NHS Improvement, 13 November 2018 Alert signposts providers to resources produced jointly by British Renal Society and Vascular Access Society of Britain and Ireland to help staff, carers and patients recognise warning signs. Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Risk of harm from inappropriate placement of pulse oximeter probes Source: NHS Improvement (Remove filter) Published by NHS Improvement, 18 December 2018 Alert warns that if an oximeter probe intended for the finger is attached to the ear (or vice versa), or a probe intended for an adult is attached to a baby or a child (or vice versa), it can produce... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)