Research Article

A Structured Approach for Investigating the Causes of Medical Device Adverse Events

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The causes of medical device adverse events can differ dependent on medical device type. The graph shows the distribution of the 6 causes shown for all the incidents, shown separately for all the devices (as a percentage of the 1619 causes identified), for the infusion devices (as a percentage of the 623 causes identified), and for the patient monitors (as a percentage of the 107 causes identified).