The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has issued a Rapid Response Report aimed at ensuring that effective controls are in place to minimise the risk of mismatching spinal, epidural or regional devices with incompatible connectors.
Spinal, epidural and regional devices, with non-luer compatible neuraxial connectors, that will not connect with intravenous equipment, are being placed on the market by industry in response to the NPSA Patient Safety Alert issued in 2009. This latest Rapid Response Report provides additional guidance to the Patient Safety Alert.
