Recurring concern
Failure to ensure essential clinical equipment and supplies are available and serviceable
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Request correctionFirst reported 30 Aug 2013•Latest report 8 May 2026
What this concern includes
Includes availability, stock, checking, maintenance or servicing failures that leave essential clinical equipment or supplies unavailable or unfit for use.
Not included
- Excludes non-clinical equipment and vehicle, environmental, or recreational-equipment checks.
- Excludes failures concerning the operation or use of equipment during care when no equipment-readiness or serviceability check is implicated.
- Excludes generic staffing, training, documentation, audit, or supervision deficiencies unless they are specifically tied to the reliability of daily clinical-equipment serviceability checks.
- Excludes checks of patient condition, care processes, messages, or other non-equipment objects.
- Reports
- 41
- Individual concerns
- 46
- Date range
- 2013–2026
- Stated actions
- 43
Distinct published reports
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Described in published responses
Reports over time
Reports over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
Most frequent recipients
Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
Concerns and responses across reports
Only concerns grouped under this recurring concern are included. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to maintain a ready-to-use defibrillator and defibrillation pads
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
Data last updated 7 September 2026