A recent FDA article in the Journal Nursing2008 describes the case of a patient who died, possibly of ventricular fibrillation after elective surgery. This happened because after the procedure, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has not been reactivated. ICDs are the interference of MRI and CT, but also from sources such as electrocautery devices. These disturbances can cause inappropriate shocks to the patient, and so IBD are often off before medical and surgical procedures. But if they are restarted immediately after the patient against potentially fatal heart rhythm disturbances is not protected. To avoid these errors is that the article recommends: • Document information on ICD patients in the medical record. • How to move the patient safely through the system that other people know that the patient has an ICD and whether it is enabled or disabled. • While the ICD is inactivated, continuous cardiac monitoring and emergency equipment in the immediate vicinity. • Ensure that the ICD is reactivated after the medical or surgical procedures performed. FDA Patient Safety News: April 2008 For more information, please visit our website: www. To access the data. FDA. gov