The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and ProPublica analyzed more than 2 million complaints about medical device malfunctions, patient injuries and deaths submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s MAUDE tracking system.| newsinteractive.post-gazette.com
Since the 1990s, the Food and Drug Administration has been using an electronic system known as MAUDE to track complaints about medical devices.| newsinteractive.post-gazette.com
An international team of reporters from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, ProPublica and beyond reviewed thousands of records and interviewed insiders to expose what went wrong.| newsinteractive.post-gazette.com
Amid a massive recall in 2021, Philips raced to overcome troubling questions about its replacement machines as customers waited for help.| newsinteractive.post-gazette.com
The FDA's complaint tracking system for medical devices allowed Philips to obscure what it knew about dangerous CPAPs and when.| newsinteractive.post-gazette.com
The devices at their bedsides were lifelines. Until they learned the foam inside could break down and expose them to dangerous chemicals.| newsinteractive.post-gazette.com
