Baumgartner - Dr. Mark Morehart: State of Washington Appeal Court - aborted use of cell saver machine

by darkspilver 42 Replies latest watchtower medical

  • OrphanCrow
    OrphanCrow
    darkspliver: You really should read their annual report - 190 pages - I'm sure you'll appreciate it and how far ranging and comprehensive the data is and how it is broken down

    Your issue is with the FDA, not me.

    Maybe send that SHOT report to the FDA with your concerns? Maybe they will re-adjust their position after hearing your evaluation of the issue.

    *by the way - I am familiar with the SHOT report

  • darkspilver
    darkspilver

    Your issue is with the FDA

    Er, no it's not - if anything it's with the commerical company Medilab regarding how are using a very narrow definition of 'defect' to mean 'fatality' rather than the accepted broader definition as below - and as actual fatalities are low, this obscures the real risks (as per link at end).

    A six sigma safety rating is the equivalent to the occurrence of 3.4 defects per million opportunities - a defect is everything that does not meet customer requirements such as even staying in the hospital one day longer than required or a mistake during the procedure.

    https://www.isixsigma.com/industries/healthcare/six-sigma-powerful-strategy-healthcare-providers/

    Anyway, cool that you're familiar with the SHOT reports - anybody interested can read it and make their own mind up - and I'll leave it as that.

    http://www.ascls-and.org/pdf/14-04-18/7_Transfusion%20Safety%20and%20Blood%20Management%20Specialists.pdf



  • Fisherman
    Fisherman
    Fixed it for you.

    Too late for that. Having agreed to use a machine instead of blood, the hospital should have fixed the machine before the patient died. In all fairness though, it should also be understood that the hospital was trying to help the patient and in this particilar case, given the blood, the patient would probably not have died from blood loss asuuming that was the actual cause of death. While it is true that the machine failed, the hospital had other lifesaving techniques at its disposal available at the time the machine broke that the patient rejected on religious grounds prior to surgery. But again, if a written agreement existed, it must be considered. And while it may be true that had the machine been fixed, the patient would have lived, there are other factors to consider.

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