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A new report has been issued that is designed to minimise the risk of spinal injury by more effectively controlling the connectors used with spinal, epidural or regional devices.

 
The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has produced its Rapid Response Report and called for more efficient controls to reduce the incidence of incompatibility.
 
Non-leur compatible neuroaxial connectors that are not designed to be used with intravenous equipment hit the market following a 2009 safety alert and are effective in reducing wrong route errors.
 
The new NPSA report has highlighted the role that controls must play in reducing the risk of mis-selection and supply of those devices that feature incompatible connectors, as the use of these can result in harm to patients and delay clinical procedures.
 
Recent research published by the University of Nottingham has found that the impact of injuries on victims' lives are two and a half times worse than previously estimated.

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