ECRI Warns Home-Use Devices Pose Patient Safety Risks

Growing trends toward caring for chronic conditions at home mean that more patients may be at risk from complicated devices used without adequate training, the patient safety group warned in an annual report on health technology hazards.

Man receiving chemotherapy infusion while seated outside.
Home use of tools like infusion pumps is one of the hazards highlighted by ECRI's report. • Source: Shutterstock

The increased use of complicated devices like ventilators and infusion pumps in the home environment poses a major risk to patient safety, advocacy group ECRI said in its 2024 list of health technology hazards.

The list, which ECRI compiles each year, also highlights potential trouble spots such as insufficient device cleaning instructions, lack of...

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