Editor's Note The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 18 announced the Class I recall of the GlideScope Titanium Single-Use Video Laryngoscope by Verathon (Bothell, Washington). Class I is the most serious. The recall was initiated because of a potential disruption in the video feed from the laryngoscope blade…

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Editor's Note In this study of Michigan hospitals, overall complications in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy patients varied widely, and serious complications were infrequent. The analysis included 8,693 patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy from 2013 to 2014 in 40 hospitals in the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative. Overall, 5.4% experienced complications, and…

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Editor's Note In this work system analysis, the inclusion of prefilled syringes into medication delivery by anesthesia providers simplified work processes and reduced the number and associated risks of system vulnerabilities. Eight system vulnerabilities were found in the prefilled syringe system versus 21 in the self-filled syringe system. An example…

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Editor's Note ECRI Institute announced on March 17 that is collaborating with the London School of  Economics in a project examining medical device pricing across different countries. Medical devices are estimated to account for 6% to 7% of total health expenditure in the US and European countries, but little is…

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Editor's Note Emergency general surgery patients who were managed early in the academic year with an influx of new residents fared equally well, if not better, than patients who were managed later in the year in this study. Compared to patients managed later, early patients had lower risk-adjusted odds of…

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Editor's Note This study was designed to understand nurses’ perceptions of using an electronic health record (EHR) at the point of care. At 1 year after EHR adoption, the nurses said: it did not improve patient care the learning curve was steep they had lower confidence using the EHR than…

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Editor's Note The Joint Commission on March 16 announced that the new Patient Blood Management Certification Review Process Guide (2016) is now available. Contents include a description of activities that take place during an on-site certification review and tips to prepare for the review process.   Patient Blood Management Certification…

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Editor's Note Large numbers of pediatric patients have tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies (T&As) in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) despite higher rates of complications in younger patients and patients with more comorbidities, this study finds. In this retrospective review, researchers from Stanford University, Stanford, California, analyzed 115,214 children having T&As in hospitals,…

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Editor's Note RNs at Kaiser Permanente’s Los Angeles Medical Center began a 7-day strike on March 15, PR Newswire reports. The focus of the strike is on: improving staffing to protect patient care achieving economic gains to retain experienced RNs and increase recruitment of new RNs. The walkout affects 1,200…

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Editor's Note The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 15 announced that Olympus (Center Valley, Pennsylvania) has issued updated, validated manual reprocessing instructions for the TJF-160F and TJF-160 VF duodenoscope models to replace those provided in the original device labeling. The FDA reviewed the updated reprocessing instructions and the…

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