Medical device use errors are crucial to note because they directly impact patient safety and the quality of medical services. Previous studies have primarily relied on manual reviews by experts to identify and analyze medical device use errors from t...
Medical device use errors are crucial to note because they directly impact patient safety and the quality of medical services. Previous studies have primarily relied on manual reviews by experts to identify and analyze medical device use errors from the MAUDE database, which collects adverse event reports. To overcome these limitations, this study utilized the large language model GPT-3.5-turbo and advanced prompting techniques to automatically extract use errors from unstructured narrative data in the MAUDE database and performed topic analysis using BERTopic. This approach aimed to minimize subjectivity and inefficiency that might arise in previous studies and to more clearly identify patterns and major causes of medical device use errors. Applying this method to adverse event data for the 'Automatic Delivery Peritoneal System,' the main causes of use errors were found to be device setup errors and user interface issues, which were mainly attributed to insufficient user training. This study provides important foundational data that can contribute to medical device safety by systematically analyzing medical device use errors, offering a structured framework for design and manufacturing improvements, accident prevention and management, and enhancing the consistency and reproducibility of data analysis.