title: Instructions included? Make safety training part of medical device procurement process.
abstract: Before hospitals embrace new technologies, it's important that medical personnel agree on how best to use them. Likewise, hospitals must provide the support to operate these sophisticated devices safely. With this in mind, it's wise for hospitals to include medical device training in the procurement process. Moreover, purchasing professionals can play a key role in helping to increase the amount of user training for medical devices and systems. What steps should you take to help ensure that new medical devices are implemented safely? Here are some tips.
authors.affiliation: Health Technology Evaluation and Safety, ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA. JKELLER@ECRI.ORG
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D004869:Equipment Safety; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States