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AB - NBSv41n3_NBS 1/18/11 10:52 AM Page 17 Biomedical Safety & Standards Concise, accurate news reports for medical device safety professionals BS&S FEATURE February 15, 2011 Who Takes Responsibility for Failure? Volume 41 Number 3 When a device fails, and failure is the result of design problems, who is at fault? For the most part, until recently, companies simply have paid large fines for IN THIS ISSUE failures—meaning that their shareholders (and injured patients) are left holding the bag. Now, there is a push to hold people accountable for decisions that put Recalls & Field profits over patient safety. Corrections—Class II Stryker MIS Bur ........17 In Washington, DC, a federal judge recently upheld a prohibition that keeps 3 top executives at Purdue Pharma from earning any income via Abbott IOL ................20 Medicare, Medicaid, or any other government-funded health program. These Medtronic Trocar ......20 executives are essentially barred from the health care industry for 12 years, GE Omega Imaging which they may view as a successful outcome after bringing legal and admin- Tables ........................20 istrative actions that reduced their initial 20-year ban. The 3 executives must still pay more than $30 million in fines. Aquatrack Guidewire ....21 Endoscopic Vein The December 13, 
TI - Disposable Biopsy Core Needles
JF - Biomedical Safety & Standards
DO - 10.1097/01.BMSAS.0000394134.65969.a9
DA - 2011-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/disposable-biopsy-core-needles-XEoqZQ8m36
SP - 22–23-22&ndash
EP - ndash;23-22–23
VL - 41
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
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