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  2. Corrective and preventive action - Wikipedia

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    Corrective and preventive action (CAPA or simply corrective action) consists of improvements to an organization's processes taken to eliminate causes of non-conformities or other undesirable situations. It is usually a set of actions, laws or regulations required by an organization to take in manufacturing, documentation, procedures, or systems ...

  3. Medical prescription - Wikipedia

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    Such prescription devices can only be used under the supervision of authorized personnel and such authorization is typically documented using a prescription. Examples of prescription devices include dental cement (for affixing braces to tooth surfaces), various prostheses, gut sutures, sickle cell tests, cervical cap and ultrasound monitor.

  4. Unlicensed assistive personnel - Wikipedia

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    UAPs must be delegated responsibilities. The nurses are ultimately accountable for all the care patients receive as a result of their delegating. [5] Due to the nursing shortage and to reduce the heavy workload placed on nurses, delegating tasks to UAPs and other nursing staff such as licensed practical nurses (LPNs) is crucial. [1] [6]

  5. Pharmacovigilance - Wikipedia

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    Examples range from simple devices such as tongue depressors, medical thermometers, and disposable gloves to advanced devices such as medical robots, cardiac pacemakers, and neuroprosthetics. This modern concept of monitoring and safety of medical devices which is known materiovigilance was quite documented in Unani System of medicine.

  6. Custom-made medical device - Wikipedia

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    Jurisdiction Definition Legislation Australia A medical device that: (a) is made specifically in accordance with a request by a health professional specifying the design characteristics or construction of the medical device; and (b) is intended: (i) to be used only in relation to a particular individual; or (ii) to be used by the health professional to meet special needs arising in the course ...

  7. Nursing credentials and certifications - Wikipedia

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    An example would be earning an MSN in healthcare risk management. Such a nurse, while still fully an accredited nurse, will likely become the risk manager for a hospital, working in health administration rather than direct care and perhaps even becoming the director or manager of the risk-management department. In this role, he or she may never ...

  8. Quality management system - Wikipedia

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    The software makes closed-loop corrective and preventive action procedures (CAPA) possible, which result in faster issue resolution and issue prevention. Feedback loops: Quality management software permits staff to submit feedback or recommendations through centralized software. In turn, this way, managers gather insights from the shop floor ...

  9. Medical device - Wikipedia

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    This article needs to be updated.The reason given is: the section related to E.U. needs further updates (esp. in sections 3.2 and 4.2.2) as the directives 93/42/EEC on medical devices and 90/385/EEC on active implantable medical devices have been fully repealed on 26 May 2021 by Regulation (EU) no. 2017/745 (MDR); furthermore, Brexit triggers updates in these sections (U.K. developed their own ...