Why We Need a New Category for Safety Devices
Creating a category for technologies like the safety release valve would confer benefits, including improved patient safety, reduced costs for the healthcare system overall, and lowered liability risk.
Nancy L. Moureau and Russ Nassof
Nancy L. Moureau, RN, PhD, BSN, CRNI, CPUI, VA-BC, is CEO and Educational Specialist for PICC Excellence, Inc., which provides education, consulting, and research on vascular access devices. Dr. Moureau is an internationally recognized speaker on Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs) and issues of vascular access practice.
Russ Nassof, JD the Founder and EVP of RiskNomics LLC, has more than 25 years of experience in environmental/healthcare risk consulting, focused on infection control, microbial contamination, toxic tort risk management, insurance defense, wildfire impact claims, and industrial hygiene.