Manufacturer incident report form

Miss C eventually reeeived damages from the makers in the Far East in 2010 as eompensation for the distress and pain she had experienced as a result of a poor batch of catheters. Contrary to the findings of a previous study/ it is elear that such failures are not at all uncommon, as a review from 1993 of five failed catheters indicated. Other materials used include polyurethane and natural rubber, and these too have suffered failures, judging by the more than 18 adverse incident reports on the FDA Maude database from US hospitals, from about 2000 to the most recent report from March 2011. Several alerts have also been issued by the MHRA in the period up to 2008/9. Such problems highlight the importance of quality control of manufacture, and close eontrol of the polymers used in forming such products. 

For the manufacturing operation that is in the lower quintile of the Fortune 100, it became apparent in a review of incident reports that almost all identified a worker unsafe act, only, as the incident causal factor and recommended a form of instruction or training as a solution. In conversation with the corporate safety staff, they said that they had an incident investigation training program for supervisors. They were asked to send the instructor s guide and the student s handbook to this author. 

A review of accident, incident and ill-health records will also help with the identification. Other sources of information include safety inspection, survey and audit reports, job or task analysis reports, manufacturers handbooks or data sheets and approved codes of practice and other forms of guidance. 

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