[ad_1] “I want to thank ventilator manufacturers such as GE for providing access to service documents,” Nathan Proctor, head of the right to repair campaign at the PIRG, said in a statement. “When technicians can’t access service manuals, it puts unnecessary barriers to fixing life-saving equipment.” While the need for medical equipment technical manuals is […]
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Amazon, DOJ ask consumers to report coronavirus price gouging
[ad_1] According to Reuters, Amazon sent an email to customers who may have purchased items from sellers guilty of price gouging. “We wanted to notify you directly about this matter in the event that you are contacted by the Department of Justice in connection with its investigation,” the email reportedly stated. Last week, the DOJ […]
Public interest group tells medical equipment makers to release their repair manuals
[ad_1] “In order to keep equipment that is critical to treat COVID-19 working with the least possible downtime, medical device manufacturers should immediately release all repair documentation and software, schematics and manuals for that equipment, especially ventilators.” said Proctor. He added that the statistics show that independent repair, not conducted by a technician authorized by […]
FDA warns hospitals about security flaws in some GE medical equipment
[ad_1] Those vulnerabilities, the FDA said, could allow bad actors to remotely take control of the devices in order to generate false alarms or silence real ones. An attacker could, for instance, stop the system from notifying providers about a patient’s cardiac status, putting their life in danger. Thankfully, the FDA has yet to receive […]