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FDA alerts of risk with Calyxo aspiration systems

The Food and Drug Administration March 20 issued an alert on a potentially high-risk issue with Calyxo CVAC Aspiration Systems.
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AHA podcast: A Tiered System of Safety — Committing to Zero Harm with WellSpan Health

In this conversation, Carlos Roberts, M.D., urogynecologist, vice president and chief medical officer of the Women and Children service line at WellSpan Health, discusses the organization's commitm
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AHA podcast: To Mitigate and Prevent — CommonSpirit Health's Transparent Culture and Error Reporting Toolkit

In this “Safety Speaks” conversation, CommonSpirit Health's Beth Miller, system director, patient safety-performance improvement, and Austin Peterson, system director, patient harm prevention, discuss how safety transparency benefits both patients and providers, and how a CommonSpirit Health toolkit can help organizations lead the way in error reporting and patient safety.
Guides/Reports

Member Report: Quality Trends and the AHA Patient Safety Initiative

Explore transformative health care quality insights and the AHA Patient Safety Initiative, addressing challenges, trends and future priorities
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AHA Associate Podcast Series | Relias

Kathleen Wessel is joined by Lora Sparkman, Partner for Clinical Solutions, Patient Safety and Quality, at Relias, and John Harrington, VP of Solutions, at Relias to discuss how hospitals are able to find the balance between innovation and proven fundamentals to create a culture that sustains high reliability. Ultimately, the goal is to overcome behavioral drift, human factors, and unconscious bias to enhance patient safety measures.
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FDA withdraws accelerated approval of myeloma drug

The Food and Drug Administration Feb. 23 withdrew approval of Pepaxto (melphalan flufenamide), a drug once used with dexamethasone to treat certain U.S. patients with multiple myeloma, because a post-approval trial did not show it safe or effective.
AHA’s Preferred Cybersecurity Providers Podcast

Episode 2: Strategies for Using Cybersecurity to Protect Patient Safety at Rural Hospitals

In this podcast episode, listeners will learn how to create a culture of cybersecurity in their organization and facilitate board-level risk visibility and accountability to ultimately protect patient safety.
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AHA comments on proposed AHRQ initiative to advance patient safety

AHA submitted comments on how the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality can best support the field in advancing patient safety through an action alliance, which the agency is launching in partnership with health care systems and patient safety advocates
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G-7 health ministers condemn attacks on health facilities in Ukraine

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra yesterday joined health ministers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan in strongly condemning Russia’s military attacks on Ukrainian health care facilities.
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Ventilators, emergency allergic reaction treatment recalled

Philips Respironics and Adamis Pharmaceuticals announce recalls.