Skolbekken J A, Jystad A, Elvemo E
SINTEF-Norsk institutt for sykehusforskning, Trondheim.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1995 Jan 30;115(3):377-9.
More than a decade has passed since the Ofstad committee presented its report on "Control of medical devices". The committee assumed that the use of medical devices constituted a major safety problem in the Norwegian health care system. The frequency of device-related injuries to patients was expected to be high, especially since the amount of non-recorded injuries was expected to be large. During the period since the publication of the report, several medical device reporting systems have been established, and special injury committees have been formed in some hospitals. Several "ombudsmen" for patients now exist, and both a patients' association and an insurance system for compensation to injured patients have been established. Despite this, we still do not know the total number of medical device-related injuries to patients in Norway. However, the existing records do show that device-related injuries to patients are not as abundant as the Ofstad committee feared.
自奥夫斯塔德委员会提交其关于“医疗设备控制”的报告以来，已经过去了十多年。该委员会认为，医疗设备的使用在挪威医疗保健系统中构成了一个重大安全问题。预计患者与设备相关的伤害发生率很高，尤其是因为预计未记录的伤害数量会很大。自该报告发表以来的这段时间里，已经建立了几个医疗设备报告系统，一些医院还成立了专门的伤害委员会。现在有几名患者“监察员”，并且已经建立了一个患者协会和一个为受伤患者提供赔偿的保险系统。尽管如此，我们仍然不知道挪威患者与医疗设备相关的伤害总数。然而，现有的记录确实表明，患者与设备相关的伤害并不像奥夫斯塔德委员会担心的那么多。
