Last month, a defibrillator with expired calibration was used in an emergency. The energy delivered was inaccurate. The patient suffered.
The software claims to flag devices with overdue calibrations as "inactive" in the system. If a nurse tries to assign an inactive device to a patient, the system blocks the action and sends an alert.
Does this block happen at the device level (e.g., the defibrillator won't fire) or only at the documentation level (nurse can't document its use)? What about emergency situations - can a doctor override the block? How does the system know which device is being used in real-time - does every device need to be networked?
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