Multidisciplinary evaluation for severity of hazards applied to hemodialysis devices: An original risk analysis method

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2004-2017

  Lodi, Carlo Alberto ^a   Vasta, Alessandro ^a   Hegbrant, Maria Alquist ^b   Bosch, Juan P ^c   Paolini, Francesco ^a   Garzotto, Francesco ^d,e   Ronco, Claudio ^d,e  

^a Gambro Dasco SpA   (Italy)

^b Medical Department   (Sweden)

^c Medical and Safety Office   (United States)

^d SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e International Renal Research Institute Vicenza (IRRIV)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BURN; CHEMICAL INJURY; DIALYSIS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFECTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMBOLISM, AIR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 78149314272     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.01740210     Document Type: Article

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