R11 Response Historic

Incident report on monitoring alarm failure

Recommendation

We recommend that in the event of failure of an alarm on monitoring equipment, an untoward incident report should be completed and the equipment serviced before it is used again (para 5.11.6).

Jurisdiction
England
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Inquiry Allitt Inquiry
Report The Allitt Inquiry Report 11 Feb 1994
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Responsible Bodies
Department of Health and Social Care Primary
Themes & Tags
Significant event log failures Patient safety governance Medical Devices Patient Safety Incident Reporting
Recommendation age 32.5 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates