Prevention is better than cure in medical device risk

Engineering Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 26-27

  Brown, Scott ^a  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL DEVICE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL; RISK RATING;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISKS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1842604284     PISSN: 14622165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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