From the May 2018 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
Our data suggests that this may be an underestimate of the true risk of life-threatening dysfunction. Our overall battery failure rate was 5 percent, which does not account for other expired components that may prevent delivery of an adequate rescue shock. Importantly, in our cohort, PAD sites engaged in routine maintenance had lower rates of testing failure.
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In light of these findings we recommend campaigns to enhance awareness and mandatory PAD registration and maintenance programs. In addition, registration with the manufacturer allows communication of device recalls and failures.
Further study is needed to characterize this problem on a national scale, with the ultimate goal of informing policy and developing interventions to improve device registration and maintenance, and possibly save lives.
About the Author: Dr. Brad Sutton is the assistant dean for health strategy and innovation and associate professor of medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.
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