Outdated hospital oxygen systems a ‘risk to patients’, review warns

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A new review by a Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) found outdated systems used to provide oxygen around hospitals struggled to cope with demand, particularly during the winter months during the Covid surge.

HSIB was created to investigate safety issues in England, and have said the problems with oxygen was not isolated to just one hospital.

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Source: BBC News, 24 June 2021

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