Technical Hazard Library

Searchable database of clinical safety hazards for DCB0129/0160 compliance. Granular snippets ready for one-click inheritance into your safety cases.

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The paediatric dosing calculator rounds intermediate weight values to the nearest integer before applying the mg/kg formula, causing up to 8% overdose in children weighing between 9–11 kg. Clinicians …

ImpactPaediatric Dosing Error
Software EnvMedical Device
StatusMitigation Required
Updated: v1.1.3
31 Comments
+9

When two prescribers open the same patient record simultaneously in the EPR, a race condition in the medication order lock mechanism allows both to submit a prescription for the same drug without rece…

ImpactMedication Overdose Risk
Software EnvOn-premise EPR
StatusUnder Review
Updated: v1.5.0
19 Comments
+7

HL7 v2 messages containing non-ASCII characters (e.g. Welsh language diacritics, accented patient names) are silently truncated at the integration engine boundary. Downstream systems receive partial d…

ImpactMisidentification Risk
Software EnvCloud/HSCN Hybrid
StatusPatch Available
Updated: v2.3.1
6 Comments
+4

A race condition exists in the integration layer where asynchronous patient data retrieval from secondary sources may overwrite the primary record buffer if the unique NHS Number validation fails to l…

ImpactWrong Patient Selection
Software EnvCloud/HSCN Hybrid
StatusVerified Clinician
Updated: v2.1.04
24 Comments
+12
REF: HAZ-CDS-119Catastrophic Severity
Allergy Alert Suppression in Mobile Viewports

A CSS z-index conflict on smaller screen resolutions causes critical clinical safety alerts (drug-allergy interactions) to be rendered behind the primary input modal. The alert is triggered but remain…

ImpactWrong Medication Admin
Software EnvNative iOS / Android
StatusMitigation Required
Updated: v1.0.12
8 Comments
+3

Delayed heartbeat packets on high-latency clinical networks can cause unintended session terminations during data entry. While safety-neutral in outcome, it induces significant clinician frustration a…

Updated: v3.2.0
12 Comments