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“Do No Harm” Should Be a Guiding Principle of the Medical Supply Industry

Medical treatment should always be harmless, or at least calculated to minimize risk while giving the patient the best possible chance at their desired outcome. Doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel study this ideal and its nuances in school. However, there are some medical treatment risks that doctors and nurses don’t control — their equipment suppliers do. Legally, product manufacturers of all kinds are bound by this same basic ethical principle. If a product has the potential to...

Hidden Defects in Gas Stoves Can Lead to Devastating Home Accidents

Cooking accidents are the single most common cause of residential fires in the U.S. Some of those accidents result from user error — falling asleep with a pot on the stove, trying to extinguish oil with water, etc. However, even with perfect use, gas stoves and the gas lines they’re connected to are delicate systems, designed to burn an invisible, poisonous, and explosive substance in a controlled manner. Subtle damage, or a slight design flaw, can be enough to derail that control and lead...

Farming Equipment Should Be Engineered for Safety as Well as Efficiency

Among non-farmers, farming is often thought of as a peaceful, low-stakes career. Farmers themselves often tell a different story — as do the cold, hard statistics of the industry. Aside from the demanding physical work, and the uncertainty that comes with shifts in weather, insect activity, disease, and other factors, agriculture has the tenth highest death rate of all civilian jobs. The vast majority of those deaths are caused by vehicle and equipment accidents. While some of the chall...