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Facts for BusinessA Businessperson's Guide to Federal Warranty Law
Table of Contents State law (the Uniform Commercial Code). Sections 2-314 & 2-315. Section 2-313. Introduction Understanding Warranties Implied WarrantiesExpress Warranties For the full legal texts listed below, consult the supplement to this manual. Understanding the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act What the Magnuson-Moss Act Does Not RequireWhat the Magnuson-Moss Act RequiresWhat the Magnuson-Moss Act Does Not Allow Disclaimer or Modification of Implied Warranties "Tie-in-Sales" Provisions Deceptive Warranty TermsHow the Magnuson-Moss Act May Affect Warranty Disputes Consumer Lawsuits Alternatives to Consumer Lawsuits The FTC's Dispute Resolution Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part 703. REQUIREMENT I: The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, Section 102. Titling Written Warranties as "Full" or "Limited"What the Terms "Full" and "Limited" MeanExamples of Full Warranties, Limited Warranties, and Multiple Warranties REQUIREMENT II: The FTC's Disclosure Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part 701. Stating Terms and Conditions of Your Written WarrantyBasic Information Required for All WarrantiesSpecific Information Required When Your Warranty Contains Certain Optional Terms and Conditions REQUIREMENT III: The FTC's Pre-Sale Availability Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part 702. Making Warranties Available Prior to SaleWhat Retailers Must DoWhat Mail Order Companies Must DoWhat Door-to-Door Sales Companies Must DoWhat Manufacturers Must Do The FTC's Warranty Advertising Guides. Advertising WarrantiesHow to Advertise Warranties Covered by the Pre-Sale Availability RuleHow to Advertise a Satisfaction GuaranteeHow to Advertise a Lifetime Warranty or Guarantee The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, Section 106. Offering Service ContractsStatement of Terms and ConditionsDisclaimer or Limitation of Implied Warranties Additional Sources of Information � IntroductionThis manual is intended as a businessperson's guide to the basic features of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the federal law governing warranties on consumer products. The text provides citations to specific sections of the law—the Warranty Act itself, the Rules the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted under the Act, and the FTC's Warranty Advertising Guides. For reference purposes, a supplement to this manual containing the Act, the Rules, and the Guides is available from the FTC's Consumer Response Center. See Additional Sources of Information.
This manual also addresses some basic points of state law that you need to know to understand the requirements and prohibitions of the Magnuson-Moss Act. However, because state law varies, you may need to contact a private attorney or the offices of the attorneys general in the states where you do business to get specific state law information. The manual is intended as a tool for you to use in consultation with your attorney, not as a substitute for your attorney's advice.
The names of the companies in the examples in this manual are fictitious; any resemblance between them and the names of actual companies is completely coincidental.
Understanding Warranties
Generally, a warranty is your promise, as a manufacturer or seller, to stand behind your product. It is a statement about the integrity of your product and about your commitment to correct problems when your product fails.
The law recognizes two basic kinds of warranties—implied warranties and express warranties.
Implied Warranties Implied warranties are unspoken, unwritten promises, created by state law, that go from you, as a seller or merchant, to your customers. Implied warranties are based upon the common law principle of "fair value for money spent," There are two types of implied warranties that occur in consumer product transactions. They are the implied warranty of merchantability and the implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose. The implied warranty of merchantability is a merchant's basic promise that the goods sold will do what they are supposed to do and that there is nothing significantly wrong with them. In other words, it is an implied promise that the goods are fit to be sold. The law says that merchants make this promise automatically every time they sell a product they are in business to sell. For example, if you, as an appliance retailer, sell an oven, you are promising that the oven is in proper condition for sale because it will do what ovens are supposed to do—bake food at controlled temperatures selected by the buyer. If the oven does not heat, or if it heats without proper temperature control, then the oven is not fit for sale as an oven, and your implied warranty of merchantability would be breached. In such a case, the law requires you to provide a remedy so that the buyer gets a working oven.
The implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is a promise that the law says you, as a seller, make when your customer relies on your advice that a product can be used for some specific purpose. For example, suppose you are an appliance retailer and a customer asks for a clothes washer that can handle 15 pounds of laundry at a time. If you recommend a particular model, and the customer buys that model on the strength of your recommendation, the law says that you have made a warranty of fitness for a particular purpose. If the model you recommended proves unable to handle 15-pound loads, even though it may effectively wash 10-pound loads, your warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is breached.
Implied warranties are promises about the condition of products at the time they are sold, but they do not assure that a product will last for any specific length of time. (The normal durability of a product is, of course, one aspect of a product's merchantability or its fitness for a particular purpose.) Nor does the law say that everything that can possibly go wrong with a product falls within the scope of implied warranties. For example, implied warranties do not cover problems such as those caused by abuse, misuse, ordinary wear, failure to follow directions, or improper maintenance.
Generally, there is no specified duration for implied warranties under state laws. However, the state statutes of limitations for breach of either an express or an implied warranty are generally four years from date of purchase. This means that buyers have four years in which to discover and seek a remedy for problems that were present in the product at the time it was sold. It does not mean that the product must last for four years. It means only that the product must be of normal durability, considering its nature and price.
A special note is in order regarding implied warranties on used merchandise. An implied warranty of merchantability on a used product is a promise that it can be used as expected, given its type and price range. As with new merchandise, implied warranties on used merchandise apply only when the seller is a merchant who deals in such goods, not when a sale is made by a private individual.
If you do not offer a written warranty, the law in most states allows you to disclaim implied warranties. However, selling without implied warranties may well indicate to potential customers that the product is risky—low quality, damaged, or discontinued—and therefore, should be available at a lower price.
In order to disclaim implied warranties, you must inform consumers in a conspicuous manner, and generally in writing, that you will not be responsible if the product malfunctions or is defective. It must be clear to consumers that the entire product risk falls on them. You must specifically indicate that you do not warrant "merchantability," or you must use a phrase such as "with all faults," or "as is." A few states have special laws on how you must phrase an "as is" disclosure. (For specific information on how your state treats "as is" disclosures, consult your attorney.)
Some states do not allow you to sell consumer products "as is." At this time, these states are Alabama, Connecticut, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. In those states, sellers have implied warranty obligations that cannot be avoided.
Federal law prohibits you from disclaiming implied warranties on any consumer product if you offer a written warranty for that product (see What the Magnuson-Moss Act Requires) or sell a service contract on it (see Offering Service Contracts).
You should be aware that even if you sell a product "as is" and it proves to be defective or dangerous and causes personal injury to someone, you still may be liable under the principles of product liability. Selling the product "as is" does not eliminate this liability.
Express WarrantiesExpress warranties, unlike implied warranties, are not "read into" your sales contracts by state law; rather, you explicitly offer these warranties to your customers in the course of a sales transaction. They are promises and statements that you voluntarily make about your product or about your commitment to remedy the defects and malfunctions that some customers may experience. Express warranties can take a variety of forms, ranging from advertising claims to formal certificates. An express warranty can be made either orally or in writing. While oral warranties are important, only written warranties on consumer products are covered by the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. Your warranty is a contract that commits you to stand behind your product. Section 2-314 of the Uniform Commercial Code, which is law in every state but Louisiana, covers the implied warranty of merchantability. Basically, your product is "merchantable" if it does what it is supposed to do. Section 2-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code covers the implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose. Implied warranties deal with the product at the time it is purchased.
Generally, customers have four years to enforce an implied warranty claim. Merchants of used goods also give implied warranties. You can sell without implied warranties—"as is"—in most states. To sell "as is" you must clearly and conspicuously disclaim implied warranties, generally in writing. You cannot sell "as is" in some states. You cannot avoid implied warranties if you offer a written warranty on a consumer product. You cannot avoid responsibility for personal injury caused by a defect in your product, even if you sell "as is." Section 2-313 of the Uniform Commercial Code covers express warranties. The Act improves consumers' access to warranty information.
The Act enables consumers to comparison shop for warranties.
The Act encourages warranty competition.
The Act promotes timely and complete performance of warranty obligations.
The Act does not compel you to give a written warranty.
There are three FTC Rules under the Act.
Section 102 of the Act directs how to title your warranty.
The Disclosure Rule {16 C.F.R. Part 701} directs what you must include in your warranty.
The Pre-Sale Availability Rule {16 C.F. R. Part 702} directs how to make your warranty available before sale.
If you give a written warranty on a consumer product, Section 108 of the Act prevents you from eliminating or restricting implied warranties.
With some exceptions, Section 102 (c) of the Act prohibits you from including a tie-in sales provision in your warranty.
These are examples of prohibited tie-in sales provisions.This is an example of a permissible warranty provision to use instead of a tie-in.
Section 110(c) (2) of the Act prohibits deceptive warranties.
Section 110(d) of the Act makes breach of warranty a violation of federal law, and enables consumers to recover attorneys' fees.
Dispute Settlement Mechanisms use conciliation, mediation, or arbitration to resolve disputes. For more information, an FTC publication Handling Customer Complaints, is available from the Government Printing Office.If you require your customers to use a dispute settlement mechanism before suing under the Act, your mechanism must comply with the FTC's Dispute Resolution Rule {16 C.F.R. Part 703}.
A mechanism that does not meet the standards of the Dispute Resolution Rule may still be a valuable tool for you. Understanding the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act is the federal law that governs consumer product warranties. Passed by Congress in 1975, the Act requires manufacturers and sellers of consumer products to provide consumers with detailed information about warranty coverage. In addition, it affects both the rights of consumers and the obligations of warrantors under written warranties.
To understand the Act, it is useful to be aware of Congress' intentions in passing it. First, Congress wanted to ensure that consumers could get complete information about warranty terms and conditions. By providing consumers with a way of learning what warranty coverage is offered on a product before they buy, the Act gives consumers a way to know what to expect if something goes wrong, and thus helps to increase customer satisfaction.
Second, Congress wanted to ensure that consumers could compare warranty coverage before buying. By comparing, consumers can choose a product with the best combination of price, features, and warranty coverage to meet their individual needs.
Third, Congress intended to promote competition on the basis of warranty coverage. By assuring that consumers can get warranty information, the Act encourages sales promotion on the basis of warranty coverage and competition among companies to meet consumer preferences through various levels of warranty coverage.
Finally, Congress wanted to strengthen existing incentives for companies to perform their warranty obligations in a timely and thorough manner and to resolve any disputes with a minimum of delay and expense to consumers. Thus, the Act makes it easier for consumers to pursue a remedy for breach of warranty in the courts, but it also creates a framework for companies to set up procedures for resolving disputes inexpensively and informally, without litigation.
What the Magnuson-Moss Act Does Not RequireIn order to understand how the Act affects you as a businessperson, it is important first to understand what the Act does not require.
First, the Act does not require any business to provide a written warranty. The Act allows businesses to determine whether to warrant their products in writing. However, once a business decides to offer a written warranty on a consumer product, it must comply with the Act.
Second, the Act does not apply to oral warranties. Only written warranties are covered.
Third, the Act does not apply to warranties on services. Only warranties on goods are covered. However, if your warranty covers both the parts provided for a repair and the workmanship in making that repair, the Act does apply to you.
Finally, the Act does not apply to warranties on products sold for resale or for commercial purposes. The Act covers only warranties on consumer products. This means that only warranties on tangible property normally used for personal, family, or household purposes are covered. (This includes property attached to or installed on real property.) Note that applicability of the Act to a particular product does not, however, depend upon how an individual buyer will use it.
The following section of this manual summarizes what the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act requires warrantors to do, what it prohibits them from doing, and how it affects warranty disputes.
What the Magnuson-Moss Act Requires In passing the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, Congress specified a number of requirements that warrantors must meet. Congress also directed the FTC to adopt rules to cover other requirements. The FTC adopted three Rules under the Act, the Rule on Disclosure of Written Consumer Product Warranty Terms and Conditions (the Disclosure Rule), the Rule on Pre-Sale Availability of Written Warranty Terms (the Pre-Sale Availability Rule), and the Rule on Informal Dispute Settlement Procedures (the Dispute Resolution Rule). In addition, the FTC has issued an interpretive rule that clarifies certain terms and explains some of the provisions of the Act. This section summarizes all the requirements under the Act and the Rules.
The Act and the Rules establish three basic requirements that may apply to you, either as a warrantor or a seller.
As a warrantor, you must designate, or title, your written warranty as either "full" or "limited." As a warrantor, you must state certain specified information about the coverage of your warranty in a single, clear, and easy-to-read document. As a warrantor or a seller, you must ensure that warranties are available where your warranted consumer products are sold so that consumers can read them before buying. The titling requirement, established by the Act, applies to all written warranties on consumer products costing more than $10. However, the disclosure and pre-sale availability requirements, established by FTC Rules, apply to all written warranties on consumer products costing more than $15. Each of these three general requirements is explained in greater detail in the following chapters.
What the Magnuson-Moss Act Does Not AllowThere are three prohibitions under the Magnuson-Moss Act. They involve implied warranties, so-called "tie-in sales" provisions, and deceptive or misleading warranty terms.
Disclaimer or Modification of Implied Warranties The Act prohibits anyone who offers a written warranty from disclaiming or modifying implied warranties. This means that no matter how broad or narrow your written warranty is, your customers always will receive the basic protection of the implied warranty of merchantability. This is explained in Understanding Warranties.
There is one permissible modification of implied warranties, however. If you offer a "limited" written warranty, the law allows you to include a provision that restricts the duration of implied warranties to the duration of your limited warranty. For example, if you offer a two-year limited warranty, you can limit implied warranties to two years. However, if you offer a "full" written warranty, you cannot limit the duration of implied warranties. This matter is explained in Titling Written Warranties as "Full" or "Limited".
If you sell a consumer product with a written warranty from the product manufacturer, but you do not warrant the product in writing, you can disclaim your implied warranties. (These are the implied warranties under which the seller, not the manufacturer, would otherwise be responsible.) But, regardless of whether you warrant the products you sell, as a seller, you must give your customers copies of any written warranties from product manufacturers.
"Tie-In Sales" Provisions Generally, tie-in sales provisions are not allowed. Such a provision would require a purchaser of the warranted product to buy an item or service from a particular company to use with the warranted product in order to be eligible to receive a remedy under the warranty. The following are examples of prohibited tie-in sales provisions.
In order to keep your new Plenum Brand Vacuum Cleaner warranty in effect, you must use genuine Plenum Brand Filter Bags. Failure to have scheduled maintenance performed, at your expense, by the Great American Maintenance Company, Inc., voids this warranty.
While you cannot use a tie-in sales provision, your warranty need not cover use of replacement parts, repairs, or maintenance that is inappropriate for your product. The following is an example of a permissible provision that excludes coverage of such things.
While necessary maintenance or repairs on your AudioMundo Stereo System can be performed by any company, we recommend that you use only authorized AudioMundo dealers. Improper or incorrectly performed maintenance or repair voids this warranty.
Although tie-in sales provisions generally are not allowed, you can include such a provision in your warranty if you can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FTC that your product will not work properly without a specified item or service. If you believe that this is the case, you should contact the warranty staff of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection for information on how to apply for a waiver of the tie-in sales prohibition.
Deceptive Warranty Terms Obviously, warranties must not contain deceptive or misleading terms. You cannot offer a warranty that appears to provide coverage but, in fact, provides none. For example, a warranty covering only "moving parts" on an electronic product that has no moving parts would be deceptive and unlawful. Similarly, a warranty that promised service that the warrantor had no intention of providing or could not provide would be deceptive and unlawful.
How the Magnuson Moss Act May Affect Warranty Disputes Two other features of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act are also important to warrantors. First, the Act makes it easier for consumers to take an unresolved warranty problem to court. Second, it encourages companies to use a less formal, and therefore less costly, alternative to legal proceedings. Such alternatives, known as dispute resolution mechanisms, often can be used to settle warranty complaints before they reach litigation.
Consumer Lawsuits The Act makes it easier for purchasers to sue for breach of warranty by making breach of warranty a violation of federal law, and by allowing consumers to recover court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. This means that if you lose a lawsuit for breach of either a written or an implied warranty, you may have to pay the customer's costs for bringing the suit, including lawyer's fees.
Because of the stringent federal jurisdictional requirements under the Act, most Magnuson-Moss lawsuits are brought in state court. However, major cases involving many consumers can be brought in federal court as class action suits under the Act.
Although the consumer lawsuit provisions may have little effect on your warranty or your business, they are important to remember if you are involved in warranty disputes.
Alternatives to Consumer Lawsuits Although the Act makes consumer lawsuits for breach of warranty easier to bring, its goal is not to promote more warranty litigation. On the contrary, the Act encourages companies to use informal dispute resolution mechanisms to settle warranty disputes with their customers. Basically, an informal dispute resolution mechanism is a system that works to resolve warranty problems that are at a stalemate. Such a mechanism may be run by an impartial third party, such as the Better Business Bureau, or by company employees whose only job is to administer the informal dispute resolution system. The impartial third party uses conciliation, mediation, or arbitration to settle warranty disputes.
The Act allows warranties to include a provision that requires customers to try to resolve warranty disputes by means of the informal dispute resolution mechanism before going to court. (This provision applies only to cases based upon the Magnuson-Moss Act.) If you include such a requirement in your warranty, your dispute resolution mechanism must meet the requirements stated in the FTC's Rule on Informal Dispute Settlement Procedures (the Dispute Resolution Rule). Briefly, the Rule requires that a mechanism must:
Be adequately funded and staffed to resolve all disputes quickly; Be available free of charge to consumers; Be able to settle disputes independently, without influence from the parties involved; Follow written procedures; Inform both parties when it receives notice of a dispute; Gather, investigate, and organize all information necessary to decide each dispute fairly and quickly; Provide each party an opportunity to present its side, to submit supporting materials, and to rebut points made by the other party; (the mechanism may allow oral presentations, but only if both parties agree); Inform both parties of the decision and the reasons supporting it within 40 days of receiving notice of a dispute; Issue decisions that are not binding; either party must be free to take the dispute to court if dissatisfied with the decision (however, companies may, and often do, agree to be bound by the decision); Keep complete records on all disputes; and Be audited annually for compliance with the Rule. It is clear from these standards that informal dispute resolution mechanisms under the Dispute Resolution Rule are not "informal" in the sense of being unstructured. Rather, they are informal because they do not involve the technical rules of evidence, procedure, and precedents that a court of law must use.
Currently, the FTC's staff is evaluating the Dispute Resolution Rule to determine if informal dispute resolution mechanisms can be made simpler and easier to use. To obtain more information about this review, contact the FTC's warranty staff.
As stated previously, you do not have to comply with the Dispute Resolution Rule if you do not require consumers to use a mechanism before bringing suit under the Magnuson-Moss Act. You may want to consider establishing a mechanism that will make settling warranty disputes easier, even though it may not meet the standards of the Dispute Resolution Rule. REQUIREMENT I: SECTION 102 OF THE MAGNUSON- MOSS ACT.
Written warranties must be titled "full" or "limited" As explained on p. 5, this requirement applies to warranties on products costing more than $10.
"Full Warranty" means the coverage meets the federal minimum standards for comprehensive warranties, while "Limited Warranty" means the coverage does not.
You must be able to demonstrate that any duties you impose are reasonable. Requiring customers to return a registration card is an unreasonable duty that is not allowed in a full warranty 116 C.FR. §700.ó(b)}.
This is an example of a full warranty. It specifies that the customer has a right to a replacement or a refund if repairs are not possible. Notice that this full warranty does not cover every type of defect in the product.
This is an example of a limited warranty. It is limited because there are requirements that the customer pay labor and postage charges, and that the customer return a registration card. This is a multiple warranty that is part full and part limited. The initial two-year full warranty spells out that the customer has a right to a refund or a replacement. The remainder of the warranty is limited because it covers only parts and not labor.
This part full and part limited multiple warranty is a pro rata warranty-- one which provides a refund or credit that decreases during the life of the product according to a formula. Notice that the formula is carefully spelled out. The warranty specifies that during the initial period of full coverage the customer has a right to a replacement or a refund. The remainder of the warranty is limited because the customer can get only a partial credit. Titling Written Warranties as "Full" or "Limited"The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act requires that every written warranty on a consumer product that costs more than $10 have a title that says the warranty is either "full" or "limited" (The Act calls these titles "designations.") The title is intended to provide consumers, at a glance, with a key to some of the important terms and conditions of a warranty.
The title "full warranty" is a shorthand message to consumers that the coverage meets the Act's standards for comprehensive warranty coverage. Similarly, the title "limited warranty" alerts consumers that the coverage does not meet at least one of the Act's standards, and that the coverage is less than "full" under the Act.
What the Terms "Full" and "Limited" Mean Determining whether your warranty is a "full" or a "limited" warranty is not difficult. If each of the following five statements is true about your warranty's terms and conditions, it is a "full" warranty:
You do not limit the duration of implied warranties. You provide warranty service to anyone who owns the product during the warranty period; that is, you do not limit coverage to first purchasers. You provide warranty service free of charge, including such costs as returning the product or removing and reinstalling the product when necessary. You provide, at the consumer's choice, either a replacement or a full refund if, after a reasonable number of tries, you are unable to repair the product. You do not require consumers to perform any duty as a precondition for receiving service, except notifying you that service is needed, unless you can demonstrate that the duty is reasonable. If any of these statements is not true, then your warranty is "limited".
You are not required to make your entire warranty "full" or "limited" If the statements above are true about the coverage on only some parts of your product, or if the statements are true about the coverage during only one part of the warranty period, then your warranty is a multiple warranty that is part full and part limited.
Examples of Full Warranties, Limited Warranties, and Multiple Warranties
Counterpoint Carpet Corp.Full Five Year Warranty
What is Covered This warranty covers any defects in materials or workmanship, including installation, with the exceptions stated below.
How Long Coverage LastsThis warranty runs for five years from the date your carpet is installed.
What is not coveredThis warranty does not cover fading or discoloration caused by exposure to sunlight or chemicals such as ammonia, laundry detergent, or household bleach. (For information on how to prevent fading or discoloration, consult our manual "Care Tips From Counterpoint Carpet," available free from your Counterpoint dealer.)
What Counterpoint Will DoCounterpoint will repair any carpet that proves to be defective in materials or workmanship. In the event repair is not possible, Counterpoint will either replace your carpet with new carpet of similar composition and price, or refund the full purchase price of your carpet, whichever you prefer.
How To Get ServiceContact any Counterpoint dealer, listed in the Yellow Pages under "Carpet,"or contact Counterpoint at 800-987-6543. A service representative will come to your home and take any necessary action to correct problems covered by this warranty.
How State Law AppliesThis warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.
When you decide on your warranty's terms and conditions, consider eliminating unnecessary restrictions. Rather than adopting warranty terms just because they are common in your industry, let your experience guide you. For example, a limit on the duration of implied warranties may be the only provision that would prevent your written warranty from being "full" If your experience indicates that you do not really need this restriction, you may wish to consult your attorney and eliminate it.
Also, remember that the distinctions between a "full'' and a "limited" warranty are specified by law, and that the legal meanings of the words "full" and "limited" in written consumer product warranties are far more narrow and specific than they are in ordinary usage. Avoid confusing the legal and ordinary meanings.
Magnifisound CorporationLimited Warranty
What Does This Warranty Cover? This warranty covers any defects or malfunctions in your new Magnifisound hearing aid.
How Long Does The Coverage Last? This warranty lasts as long as you own your Magnifisound aid. Coverage terminates if you sell or otherwise transfer the aid.
What Will Magnifisound Do? Magnifisound will replace any defective or malfunctioning part at no charge. You must pay any labor charges.
What Does This Warranty Not Cover? Batteries, or any problem that is caused by abuse, misuse, or an act of God (such as a flood) are not covered. Also, consequential and incidental damages are not recoverable under this warranty. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
How Do You Get Service? In order to be eligible for service under this warranty you MUST return the warranty registration card attached below within 30 days of purchasing the aid.
If something goes wrong with your aid, send it postage paid with a brief written description of the problem to:
Magnifisound Corp.Box 10000Auditory, Ohio
We will inspect your aid and contact you within 72 hours to give the results of our inspection and an estimate of the labor charges required to fix the aid. If you authorize repairs, we will return the repaired aid to you COD within 72 hours. You must pay any labor charges upon receipt of the repaired aid.
If you inform us that you wish us to provide necessary parts to you but you wish to have repairs performed elsewhere, we will return the aid and replacement parts to you within 72 hours.
There is no charge for inspection.
How Does State Law Apply? This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. Full Two Year Warranty onThe Black Star 2001Clothes Washer
What is covered: Any defect in your 2001 Clothes Washer.
For How Long: Two years after the date you bought your 2001 Clothes Washer.
What Black Star Will Do: Repair, or if repair is not possible, either replace your 2001 Clothes Washer, or refund the purchase price, whichever you prefer.
Limited Warranty on Parts for theThird through Fifth Years
What is covered: Any defect in your 2001 Clothes Washer.
For How Long: From the start of the third year after you bought your 2001 Clothes Washer until the end of the fifth year.
What Black Star Will Do: Provide free new or rebuilt replacement parts, but not labor to install the parts. Any servicer you choose can do service during this period.
How to Get Service: Contact any Black Star Dealer or any Authorized Black Star Service Center. See the Yellow Pages under "Appliance Repair" for the name of a Black Star Servicer near you, or call 800-111-1111.
Your Rights Under State Law: This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. Treadwell TireFull Warranty During First 20%of Usable Tread Life
If a defect in materials or workmanship appears in your Treadwell Tire before 20% of the tread is worn away, Treadwell Corporation will provide, at your choice, either free replacement of the same model number Treadwell Tire or a complete refund of the original purchase price.
Limited Warranty During Remaining80% of Usable Tread Life
If a defect in, materials or workmanship appears in your Treadwell Tire after 20% of the tread is worn away and before the remainder of the tread is worn away, Treadwell Corporation will provide you with a credit good for the purchase of any Treadwell Tire of the same model number. The credit will drop by 10% of the original purchase price for each additional 10% of the tread that is worn away when the defect appears.
How to Get Service Just bring the defective tire to any Treadwell Dealer. The address of the dealer near you is listed on the other side of this document
How State Law Relates to this WarrantyThis warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. REQUIREMENT III: THE PRE-SALE AVAILABILITY RULE {16 C.F.R. PART 702}.
Written warranties must be available for customers to read before buying. As explained on page 5, this requirement applies to warranties on products costing more than $15.
You can display warranties any way you choose, or post signs and have the warranties ready to give customers when they ask to see them.
Mail Order and Door-to-Door companies have different modes of compliance from in-store retailers.
Manufacturers must provide warranty materials to their retailers. Making Warranties Available Prior to Sale The FTC's Rule on Pre-Sale Availability of Written Warranty Terms requires that written warranties on consumer products costing more than $15 be available to consumers before they buy. The Rule has provisions that specify what retailers, including mail order, catalog, and door-to-door sellers, must do to accomplish this. The Rule also specifies what manufacturers must do so that sellers can meet their obligations under the Rule. These provisions are explained in this section.
What Retailers Must DoIf you sell directly to consumers who come to your place of business to buy, you must make written warranties available at the point of sale. You must do this with all written warranties on the products you sell warranties from manufacturers, as well as any written warranties you extend.
The Pre-Sale Availability Rule requires that sellers make warranties readily available to prospective buyers either by displaying them in close proximity to the warranted products, or by furnishing them upon request prior to sale and posting prominent signs to let customers know that warranties can be examined upon request. The Rule does not specify any particular method for fulfilling its requirements. For example, an appliance retailer might post a refrigerator warranty on the front of the appliance, or in the freezer compartment. Or, a retailer of small products, such as watches or electric razors, might keep the warranties readily available behind the counter, or keep them indexed in a binder near the warranted products, and post signs stating their availability. Any of these methods is acceptable.
What Mail Order Companies Must DoIf you accept orders for warranted consumer products through the mail or by telephone, your catalog or other advertising must include either the warranty or a statement telling consumers how to get a copy. This information should be near the product description or clearly noted on a separate page. If you choose the latter, you must provide a page reference to the warranty statement near the product description.
What Door-to Door Sales Companies Must DoIf you sell warranted products to consumers in their homes, or in some place other than your place of business, you must offer the customer copies of the written warranties before the sale is completed.
What Manufacturers Must DoIf you are a manufacturer and offer written warranties, you must provide retailers of your product with the warranty materials they will need to meet their requirements as described above. There are any number of ways to do this, including: providing copies of the warranty to be placed in a binder; providing warranty stickers, tags, signs, or posters; or printing the warranty on your product's packaging. As long as you have provided retailers with the warranty materials they need to comply with the rule, you are not legally responsible if they fail to make your warranties available. Deceptive warranty advertising is unlawful.
The FTC's Guides for the Advertising of Warranties and Guarantees {16 C.FR. Part 239} can advise you on how to advertise your warranty.
Advertisements for products covered by the Pre-Sale Availability Rule need only state that the warranty can be seen where the product is sold. {16 C.F.R. 239.2}.
"Satisfaction" and "Money back" guarantees constitute an offer of a full refund for any reason.{16 C.F.R. §239.3}.
Clarify what you are talking about when you advertise a "lifetime" warranty. {16 C.F.R. §239.4}. Advertising Warranties
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act does not cover the advertising of warranties. However, warranty advertising falls within the scope of the FTC Act, which generally prohibits "unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce." Therefore, it is a violation of the FTC Act to advertise a warranty deceptively.
To help companies understand what the law requires, the FTC has issued guidelines called the Guides for Advertising Warranties and Guarantees. To obtain a copy, see Additional Sources of Information. However, the Guides do not cover every aspect of warranty advertising, and cannot substitute for consultation with your lawyer on warranty advertising matters.
The Guides cover three principal topics: how to advertise a warranty that is covered by the Pre-Sale Availability Rule; how to advertise a satisfaction guarantee; and how to advertise a lifetime guarantee or warranty.
How to Advertise Warranties Covered by the Pre-Sale Availability RuleIn general, the Guides advise that if a print or broadcast ad for a consumer product mentions a warranty, and the advertised product is covered by the Pre Sale Availability Rule (that is, the product is sold in stores for more than $15) the ad should inform consumers that a copy of the warranty is available to read prior to sale at the place where the product is sold. Print or broadcast advertisements that mention a warranty on any consumer product that can be purchased through the mail or by telephone should inform consumers how to get a copy of the warranty.
For advertisements of consumer products costing $15 or less, the Guides do not call for the pre-sale availability disclosure. Instead, the Guides advise that the FTC's legal decisions and policy statements are the sole sources of guidance on how to avoid unfairness or deception in advertising warranties. Consult your attorney for assistance in researching and applying the FTC's case decisions and policy statements.
How to Advertise a Satisfaction Guarantee The Guides advise that, regardless of the price of the product, advertising terms such as "satisfaction guaranteed" or "money back guarantee" should be used only if the advertiser is willing to provide full refunds to customers when, for any reason, they return the merchandise.
The Guides further advise that an ad mentioning a satisfaction guarantee or similar offer should inform consumers of any material conditions or limitations on the offer. For example, a restriction on the offer to a specific time period, such as 30 days, is a material condition that should be disclosed.
How to Advertise a Lifetime Warranty or Guarantee"Lifetime" warranties or guarantees can be a source of confusion for consumers. This is because it is often difficult to tell just whose life measures the period of coverage. "Lifetime" can be used in at least three ways. For example, a warrantor of an auto muffler may intend his "lifetime" warranty's duration to be for the life of the car on which the muffler is installed. In this case, the muffler warranty would be transferable to subsequent owners of the car and would remain in effect throughout the car's useful life.
Or the warrantor of the muffler might intend a "lifetime" warranty to last as long as the original purchaser of the muffler owns the car on which the muffler is installed. Although commonly used, this is an inaccurate application of the term "lifetime."
Finally, "lifetime" can be used to describe a warranty that lasts as long as the original purchaser of the product lives. This is probably the least common usage of the term.
The Guides advise that to avoid confusing consumers about the duration of a "lifetime" warranty or guarantee, ads should tell consumers which "life" measures the warranty's duration In that way, consumers will know which meaning of the term "lifetime" you intend. Section 106 of the Act deals with service contracts.
Service contracts, unlike warranties, are purchased separately from a product.
Section 108 (a) of the Act prohibits you from disclaiming. warranties on a product if you sell a service contract on it. Offering Service Contracts
A service contract is an optional agreement for product service that customers sometimes buy. It provides additional protection beyond what the warranty offers on the product. Service contracts are similar to warranties in that both concern service for a product. However, there are differences between warranties and service contracts.
Warranties come with a product and are included in the purchase price. In the language of the Act, warranties are "part of the basis of the bargain" Service contracts, on the other hand, are agreements that are separate from the contract or sale of the product. They are separate either because they are made some time after the sale of the product, or because they cost the customer a fee beyond the purchase price of the product.
The Act includes very broad provisions governing service contracts that are explained in the following sections.
Statement of Terms and ConditionsIf you offer a service contract, the Act requires you to list conspicuously all terms and conditions in simple and readily understood language. However, unlike warranties, service contracts are not required to be titled "full" or "limited,' or to contain the special standard disclosures. In fact, using warranty disclosures in service contracts could confuse customers about whether the agreement is a warranty or a service contract.
The company that makes the service contract is responsible for ensuring that the terms and conditions are disclosed as required by law. This is not the responsibility of the seller of the service contract, unless the seller and the maker are the same company.
Disclaimer or Limitation of Implied Warranties Sellers of consumer products who make service contracts on their products are prohibited under the Act from disclaiming or limiting implied warranties. (Remember also that sellers who extend written warranties on consumer products cannot disclaim implied warranties, regardless of whether they make service contracts on their products.) However, sellers of consumer products that merely sell service contracts as agents of service contract companies and do not themselves extend written warranties can disclaim implied warranties on the products they sell.Additional Sources of InformationFor a supplement to this booklet containing texts of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the related FTC Rules, and the FTC Warranty Advertising Guides, write:
Federal Trade CommissionConsumer Response CenterWashington, D.C. 20580The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair practices in the marketplace and to provide information to businesses to help them comply with the law. To file a complaint or to get free information on consumer issues, visit www.ftc.gov or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft, and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.
Your Opportunity to CommentThe National Small Business Ombudsman and 10 Regional Fairness Boards collect comments from small businesses about federal compliance and enforcement activities. Each year, the Ombudsman evaluates the conduct of these activities and rates each agency's responsiveness to small businesses. Small businesses can comment to the Ombudsman without fear of reprisal. To comment, call toll-free 1-888-REGFAIR (1-888-734-3247) or go to www.sba.gov/ombudsman.
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Saturday, 12 June 2010
Weekend Admissions and DEATH
Shit pic because it's American but I love the slogan.
I would just like to add a thing or two to this daily mail article.
The true story here is the fact that the hospital does not want to PAY for any kind of staff (especially senior staff) to work out of hours. They just don't want to pay for it.
Many senior nurses (and myself) have REQUESTED REPEATEDLY to work nights, holidays, and weekends as it fits around our husbands 9-5 weekday jobs.
During the week when my spouse is working it is impossible to get nurseries that fit in with a nurse's random ungodly shift hours.
I would save hundreds and hundreds of pounds a month and a lot of stress for myself if they would allow me to work all weekends and nights.
I want the weekend shifts and the weekend and holiday nights.
They will not allow me to do all nights at the weekends and weekends generally because I am senior staff. At least I get some. If I was a SISTER I would be banned from doing any of them. But no fear of that since they are refusing to promote anyone due to costs.
I only get them once in awhile. The Ward sisters and other staff nurses who are senior to me are banned from working nights, weekends and holidays.
I would imagine it is the same with the medics. Maybe some medics out there can enlighten me.
Don't any of you believe that this situation exists because staff do not want to work unsocial hours. Far from it. I would only want to work weekday social hours if I could work 9-5 which is impossible as an acute care Nurse.
Nurses are middle aged women with kids. Most of them are in my shoes, rather than wanting to go out and play on a Friday night.
I'd also like to add that I am pretty damn annoyed that the DM is focusing on medics and not discussing how a lack of senior experienced nurses at ward level harms patients.
22 comments:
- TonyF said...
Now, if you were a useless ball kicking tosser, you'd be on holiday in South Africa pocketing thousands for doing nothing worthwhile.
Tax the bastards back to the national minimum wage, and give the money to people who actually deserve it.
- 12 June 2010 12:18
- TonyF said...
Now, if you were a useless ball kicking tosser, you'd be on holiday in South Africa pocketing thousands for doing nothing worthwhile.
Tax the bastards back to the national minimum wage, and give the money to people who actually deserve it.
- 12 June 2010 12:18
- TonyF said...
Bizarre, I have an echo....
- 12 June 2010 12:19
I have come here via the link on Jobbing Doctors site. I have also just posted a response to my last comment on Jobbing Doctors Blog. A&E nurse was kind enough to reply. I am saddened that you haven't. Perhaps as no other relative could be remotely 'blamed' for my dad's death by encroaching on nursing time that I am of no interest to you? I think this is sad and think that perhaps you have an agenda?
My dad died because a nurse did not think my fears were founded. Perhaps as you said nothing would have changed if she had done her job properly -but at least he might have had a chance.
I think you are just interested in yourself. I understand that you are working under pretty grim circumstances and I am sorry for that -but using relatives an an excuse for something that is beyond their control, that is staffing levels is not right.
I am just young and have a lot to learn -but I know right from wrong.
- 12 June 2010 15:19
- Nurse Anne said...
I just saw your comment over at jobbing doctor. I hadn't had a chance to go back there yet today.
You are still not, in any way, shape, or form comprehending what we are telling you about relatives.
I agree with you that the nurse in that situation with your dad should have been on the ball. I don't agree that your dad would still be alive if she had been. He was killed by a major stroke, not a nurse.
To put in perspective for you I will tell you a story.
A colleague of a friend once collapsed at work. This woman who collapsed was a registered nurse and she was 28 years old and in perfect health. She collapsed in the middle of her shift in an operating room at a major American hospital. When she collapsed she was surrounded by her colleagues and good friends who were experienced nurses and doctors. She collapsed and 5 minutes later she was not breathing. They started working on her right away.
She died right then and there and left a husband and 2 very young children. They did work on her for awhile but it was futile. I am not sure what killed her but I think it was cardiac related. And that is easier to deal with then a massive stroke. And I am sorry but no NHS hospital is going to trump the hospital she collapsed in as far as care goes.
I knew someone who was the nurse in theatre the day that the wife of that particular hospital's chief medical doctor died on the operating table delivering her first baby. The patient's chief medical doctor/husband was there when it all went to hell and when word got around so was every other senior doctor in the hospital. They were knee deep in blood. She died too. Point is that there is not always a solution.
I am not defending the actions of the nurse in your situation. I would love to know what was going on in her head. What happened to you doesn't change the fact that nurses are spending up to 40 minutes out of every hour on the phone with relatives rather than caring for their patients.
WE could reduce this if we could get one relative to ring for information rather than everyone who has ever known the patient. Look at it this way. If I am the sole nurse for 20 patients and they each have 5 family members each ringing throughout the day as well as stopping me during visiting hours how much care do you think the patients are getting? Sometimes we will have 13 different people ringing for one patient. And that one patient will have his daughter at the bedside that I have just explained everything too as well.
Everytime the phone rings I am having to stop what I am doing and walk a long way away from the patients to answer the phone.
They also need to understand not to ring at mealtimes because I cannot answer the phone 10 times in the 20 minutes I have to get everyone fed, and still feed the patients.
- 12 June 2010 16:06
- Nurse Anne said...
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- 12 June 2010 16:10
- Nurse Anne said...
Saying all this does not mean that I don't want to communicate with relatives. It means that there needs to be some kind of control over how many interruptions the nurse is getting. This can be done without witholding info from the families.
The NHS is unique. In other countries I have worked in the hospital does not allow these kinds of phone call enquiries about patients to get past switchboard unless it is legit.
The person ringing to get info on the patient has to give a password to the switchboard operator before they will put you through to the nurse's station on the ward. If you are the named family member then you have the password. And it is your job to tell the rest of your family what the nurse's have said to you,a nd they do not have the right to ring as well.
If this isn't good enough you can make an appointment (along with your whole family) to speak to the medical team at an agreed time.
If you give your password to other family members leading to the nurse taking multiple unnecessary phone calls there are consequences. They will revoke your priviledges. This is for patient safety, not to annoy the families.
Nothing wrong with mentioning a question or concern as long as you are the main family member, or if you are visiting a patient and think that something is wrong with the patient. But the kinds of interruptions we are getting from relatives goes way beyond that. It's a constant hammering from too many people who do not respect the fact that I can't stay and chat to them while my other patient is biting is tongue off due to a seizure.
When a&e charge nurse told you that nurses lose the plot a bit due to stress and overwork he didn't mean that they stop caring. He means that their minds go into total meltdown. They are keeping track of so much information, so many people's needs, and fighting off so many unnecessary interruptions that their brains are going into meltdown.
- 12 June 2010 16:13
- Nurse Anne said...
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- 12 June 2010 16:13
- Nurse Anne said...
The important thing to remember is that management is not going to help us out here. They are not going to staff the wards, or give us someone to answer the multiple calls coming in.
So we go to plan B to reduce the number if interruptions that the nurses are getting. We ask the relatives for cooperation.
1. One family member rings and disseminates info the the rest of the family.
2. If you ring or stop the nurse to ask a question you must keep it to less than 5 minutes. It's interesting to hear about your life, your medical problems or the patient's childhood adventures 60 years ago but I can't listen to it right now. IF you need more time than that to get to grips with the patient's situation then you can make an appointment to speak to the team or I will stay after my shift (unpaid) to speak to you. Once my shift ends there will be another nurse to continue on with he patient care. And that means I can talk to you without neglecting anyone.
3. No backing up the nurse againt the wall and refusing to let her get down the ward to her other patients until she gives you your mom's scan results. We are not lying when we say that the results are not back. We are not lying when we say we cannot access them anyway. We are not lying when we say that we have other patients to tend to. And believe me, you want scan results coming from a doctor not a nurse. Believe me.
4. Please ask why the patient is on a fluid restriction rather than accusing us of trying to kill him via dehydration. I will give you a nice little teaching lesson about sodium levels.
Oh how I could go on.
- 12 June 2010 16:38
Good to see you back Anne. I have added my thoughts over at JD's.
- 13 June 2010 04:38
- Dino-nurse said...
I especially enjoyed the comment in the Daily Fail about how consultants "don't want to work" at weekends...hmmm....if only the public knew the restrictions that the Trust places on these senior doctors...this weekend, ICU as always has a consultant on, as does ED....everywhere else is covered by a handful of SpRs and F1/F2 docs...medicine in particular fars badly- today I waited for 5 hours for the SpR for all of medicine ( nevermind that there should be 5 separate firms) as he had nearly 100 acutley ill patients to review BEFORE he got to the 60 or so outliers....the poor little F1 was having to cover the remaining 250 who were not as ill. Just as the SpR finally arrived on ICU to review a patient he knew nothing about, his crash bleep went off and off he ran...joy.
- 13 June 2010 14:45
- Nurse Anne said...
I am really annoyed about those arrogant daily mail bastards who work 8 hour days calling the doctors lazy. The doctors (all levels) work their tits off and then some. I wouldn't be able to keep up with the docs and I have done 16 hour shifts.
- 13 June 2010 23:22
- Dino-nurse said...
Yes, I find it quite worrying that the Press in general seem to have it in for doctors whilst painting nurses as angels all the time. We are not. The F1 yesterday covering medicine looked like death when she came onto ICU to use the ABG machine (for the 20th time or there abouts) yet she still managed to smile (God knows how). She took one of the CCOT nurses back to MAU with her to help out in the end. He was actually on his way home as they only work til 4pm on a Sunday but is always ready to muck in (unpaid at the moment). If I ended up as a patient on MAU ANYWHERE in the country I would be very afraid....a little knowledge of how the system is falling apart is a very dangerous thing. I wonder how many IR1s are not being done because we realise that on the whole they are ignored if the solution is to increase staffing levels?
- 14 June 2010 06:39
- Julie said...
Good to see you back MMN. This post explains something for me; a relative of mine was in hospital and I noticed that at weekends there were hardly any nurses about, just HCAs. One Saturday that I was up, I could have sworn there was only one RN on and the rest were HCAs. This was for a ward of 20 odd geriatric patients. She looked very stressed..
- 14 June 2010 08:25
True. My Mum was in hospital over the weekend. The Registrar told her she could go home at 8am, as soon as the jumior doctor managed to do her discharge papers. Mum was still there at 5pm, bored and getting irritated. As a nurse, I was able to tell her that the poor junior doc was part of a team of only 3 doctors, looking after probably about 150+ patients throughout the hospital, and A&E, that day.
Discharges become very low down on the list of priorites when the 3 doctors are dealing with sick people, A&E gets backlogged, patients breach the 4 hr target, then the hospital gets fined for it!
You couldn't make it up.
- 14 June 2010 08:42
- Nurse Anne said...
Also anonymous the Junior doctor covering the weekend is extremely reluctant to make a decision about discharge without the back up of senior doctors. I don't blame them.
Consultants say this and that to the patients. This is a problem because the consultant is so far removed from the process.
A consultant will say to a patient on a friday afternoon something like this "if your bloods are fine you can go home first thing tomorrow morning".
And he will not write this in the notes. This means that the staff who are actually there on the weekend (nurse AND doctor) have no documented back up that the patient can go. They only have chinese whispers to go on.
Not only can the junior doc not leave sick patients to sort out a healthy discharge but there is a lot involved in the process. He has to write discharge orders (time consuming), we have to fight with pharmacy to fill the orders and half the time they are not in on saturday. There is very little in the way of hospital transport and nothing in the way of social services or care, or district nursing if the patient needs any of that support and it wasn't organised the week before.
The consultants understand none of this because they are so far removed from the entire process.
So Mr. Consultant says to the patient "Yes you can go home" and 10 minutes later my sweet little granny is sat on the end of her bed with her suitcase packed and her nice outfit on with a smile of excitement on her face. And I have to break the bad news:
"8 hours from now the consultant will release his junior doc from the ward rounds and only then can he write your discharge orders....as long as he has no sick patients. And by then pharmacy will be closed and cannot do your medications."
- 14 June 2010 09:50
- Dino-nurse said...
Oh so true Anne :0)
Is your Trust pushint the "home in time for tea" initiative yet? Oh how we laughed when we attended the meeting- compulsory for every grade of staff APART from the doctors. Ho hum. Not that it has any direct on the ICU docs of course as they don't do discharges (or so they think!). However as we seem to be discharging more and more patients home due to lack of ward beds, the general docs (med and surgery) are digging their heels in over doing discharge paperwork for us saying that its ICUs job. The gasmen say its not. Guess who's caught in the crossfire?
- 14 June 2010 11:15
- Nurse Anne said...
Those dickhead managers. They don't even let the junior docs off the rounds until tea time to do the discharge orders. And by then pharmacy is shut.
So the best thing to do is get the doctors to do the discharge paperwork and then obtain the discharge orders the day BEFORE discharge.
One problem with that. The medics are so stressed with today's sick patients that they sure as hell aren't going to take kindly to you ringing them to do tomorrow's discharge. I can understand that.
Have you ever had one well patient ready for discharge and their ten relatives assualting and harassing you because the consultant said they could go? But the junior doc hasn't written the discharge orders yet and therefore you cannot get the drugs to send them home with, or legally send them home?
So then your ring the doctor to remind him that this patient is sitting here waiting for his discharge stuff. (doc already knows but family is breathing down your neck, literally). Then the doctor loses the plot and starts screaming at you because you just called him away from a GI bleed and two dying septic patients to ask him to come and do discharge orders.
So you go back and tell the patient and scary relatives that no, the doctor cannot come yet. And then they start screaming at you with the "oh dare you make us wait, this is ridiculous" shit.
They should get sent home without their meds for all the bitching they do about how long they are waiting for the weeks supply of free one's dispensed from the hospital. The first time they complain about how long they are waiting for their cheap/free drugs they should get billed for the drugs along the lines of what people have to pay in the usa pay for drugs. It's not like what they pay in taxes cover the cost of that stuff.
Then you finally get the discharge orders from the doc and pharmacy is closed. If you are lucky enough to get the discharge orders at say lunchtime and abandon your patients to run the orders to pharmacy it is usually 4-5 hours before you get those meds and see the drug charts again. That means that if the discharge patient needs a pain killer you have to leave your patients, leg it to pharmacy in order to get the drug chart and thus delaying pharmacy completing the order.
Love doing this for 7 people on top of having 7 or 8 extrememly ill people.
And for some goddamn reason they think that screaming at the nurse and saying "it's your arse if we don't get discharged in the next 5 minutes " or my favourite
"my uncle is on the board of directors, I'll have your job if you don't speed things up"
is somehow going to speed up the process. God love them. I know I don't.
- 14 June 2010 11:47
If it's any consolation, I am a consultant and I still write Xray and blood request forms and discharge orders even now. A day in advance, sometimes on a Friday for the next day (though the last time I did that it got lost and I had to write it again on Monday as no junior docs at all but by that time it was too late and the discharge was delayed by a day, but you can't win sometimes). And when my juniors are stretched I leave my paperwork and help them. And I love your blog, which is an accurate account of all the diffficulties that nurses on an acute med/geriatric ward have to deal with, but my pleas to management to increase nurse staffing have fallen on deaf ears for 10 years
- 14 June 2010 12:51
- Nurse Anne said...
We feel bad for the doctors too.
And the docs don't bitch and moan like the nurses do. They take their lumps like men. Even when they are technically female.
- 14 June 2010 13:53
Keep up the good work blogging.And nursing of course...!
- 14 June 2010 14:49
- Nurse Ratchet said...
Welcome back Nurse Anne ! Bloody TTO's and discharge forms - drive us all crazy. We're trying to get the docs to do "one stop ward rounds" - if there are 2 F1's on a team then one writes the TTO's as they make the decisions to discharge - very boring for the poor F1 who is constantly running to keep up with the ward round, but effective when it works - still doesn't stop poor Granny packed and ready to go for 8 hours though waiting for the damn drugs to arrive, especially when no-one's changed the ward name on the drug chart from MAU and that's where they've been sitting for 6 of those 8 hours.......
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- May 22:
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- Steve Collins case closed, political practices commission says
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- Steve Collins pleads no contest over dual role on desal project
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- Failed desal project: Judge's ruling a blow to defense in conflict of interest case
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- Monterey's failed desal project: Whistle-blowing status was investigated for water chief
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- Failed desal project: Testimony surrounds who knew what, and when
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- Water conflict of interest case: FPPC closes investigation, for now
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Former county water board member Steve Collins told an investigator it was his job to "broker" the regional desalination project when he worked for a private consulting firm on the now-failed proposal.
During a preliminary hearing Tuesday on conflict of interest and other charges against Collins, prosecutor Stephanie Hulsey played an interview with Collins in which he described his role in helping the proposal's partners work through key issues at the heart of the project agreements. Those agreements had been stalled by an often rancorous relationship among California American Water, the Marina Coast Water District and the county Water Resources Agency.
Testimony and evidence introduced at the all-day hearing indicated Collins was involved in nearly every aspect of the project through most of 2010, from fashioning a financing plan and seeking low-cost public funding to advocating for the project before local and state officials.
Collins' efforts represented a conflict of interest, prosecutors say. He had a financial stake in the project agreements, being paid more than $160,000 by RMC Water and Environment, which was employed by Marina Coast, for the work he did on the project while he was a public official — a prohibited dual role.
Collins is facing more than three dozen felony charges for allegedly accepting payments he wasn't entitled to receive or hadn't earned.
But defense attorney Mike Lawrence indicated during Tuesday's hearing that he would argue Collins was asked to take the lead on closing the project and was assured by county officials and legal counsel that his dual role was not a conflict.
Lawrence said his client's efforts benefitted everyone involved and thus shouldn't be considered a crime. He said it was only a "lapse of memory" by county officials that left Collins facing charges.
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Hulsey laid out the case against Collins, introducing invoices detailing his efforts on behalf of the project, and his agreement with RMC. Company principal Lyndel Melton told an investigator RMC paid Collins $220 an hour to help resolve Ag Land Trust litigation challenging the project's environmental review and to bring the project partners together to smooth the way at the state Public Utilities Commission.
The original pact between Collins and RMC began in January 2010. It was only supposed to be worth $25,000 and last about three months, but its value expanded along with Collins' efforts and his advocacy as the project was delayed until late in 2010, according to testimony.
At one point, according to an investigator, Collins began actively defending the project agreements against questions from the PUC's Division of Ratepayer Advocates and the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District. Evidence suggested Collins urged county supervisors and the PUC to approve key agreements while arguing that each had insisted on proceeding.
Marina Coast general manager Jim Heitzman told an investigator he eventually realized Collins' work had expanded in what he called "scope creep," and he began expressing concerns about a potential conflict. That sparked a debate in June 2010 involving county and Marina Coast officials and legal counsel over whether a legal conflict existed.
Heitzman told the investigator he finally refused to continue paying the RMC bills after Collins failed to resign from the county water board and no legal opinion immediately materialized.
Later, Collins asked Cal Am President Rob MacLean for help getting paid for the work he did on the project, offered his services to Cal Am and even billed the county for his efforts, according to testimony.
According to the investigator, RMC's Melton said Collins and former county water agency general manager Curtis Weeks told him they had plans to work on the regional project through their own private consulting firm, Collins-Weeks Consulting.
When Salinas Valley Water Coalition consultant Nancy Isakson discovered Collins' dual role and raised questions about it, the investigator testified Isakson told her Collins first tried to convince her there was no conflict and then threatened her and the coalition.
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During cross-examination, Lawrence focused on legal advice — or the lack of it — that Collins received, including the debate over whether his work represented a potential conflict and which officials knew what and when regarding the issue.
Lawrence pointed out that County Counsel Charles McKee acknowledged in a letter to the coalition that Collins had been "misadvised" by Deputy County Counsel Irv Grant, the county water agency's assigned counsel during the bulk of the project proceedings, and that attorneys from county-hired Downey Brand indicated they believed there was no conflict or produced a legal opinion that was open to interpretation.
Lawrence also focused on clear differences between the recollections of various public officials, including Weeks and Heitzman, about how Collins was recruited and the scope of his duties.
Lawrence suggested during questioning that Collins' work on the project couldn't reasonably be considered part of regular county water board member duties, especially as defined by the Agency Act, and that his client was simply performing a valuable service intended to benefit all area interests by securing a new water supply and avoiding an "extreme crisis on the Monterey Peninsula."
The hearing will continue at 9 a.m. Thursday.


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[edit] Linux Setup
This page describes how to connect between a Host PC and the OMAP Platform device.
[edit] Serial Terminal Setup
For a Linux machine, a serial terminal such as Minicom, screen, or Kermit can be used. Ubuntu users wanting a graphical terminal program can install gtkterm. On a Windows PC, you could use HyperTerminal, TeraTerm or PuTTY.
[edit] Install and Setup Minicom
Open a terminal.
Install minicom if it isn't installed on your system yet.
sudo apt-get install minicom
Search for USB device on Ubuntu:
dmesg | grep -e tty
A search on USB drivers from system log can also be helpful.
dmesg | grep usb
Select the right device:
...USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyXXX < --- select the appropriate tty connection
note: The device name may vary from system to system and board to board. If connected using a USB2serial adapter then look for ttyUSBX. If you connect using a serial cable it might look like ttySX.
Open minicom and setup the serial connections as follows:
sudo minicom -s
+-----[configuration]------+ | Filenames and paths | | File transfer protocols | | Serial port setup | | Modem and dialing | | Screen and keyboard | | Save setup as dfl | | Save setup as.. | | Exit | | Exit from Minicom | +--------------------------+ //Select Serial port setup //Select A and use the right USB device listed from the previous command previously //Example: Blaze = /dev/ttyUSB2 | PandaBoard = /dev/ttyUSB0 //Select F to turn off Flow Control +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A - Serial Device : /dev/ttyUSB2 | | B - Lockfile Location : /var/lock | | C - Callin Program : | | D - Callout Program : | | E - Bps/Par/Bits : 115200 8N1 | | F - Hardware Flow Control : No | | G - Software Flow Control : No | | | | Change which setting? | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ //Press enter, save as default, exit //Once the Modem is Initialized, press Ctrl A-Z-M //This lists the main menu +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Minicom Command Summary | | | | Commands can be called by CTRL-A <key> | | | | Main Functions Other Functions | | | | Dialing directory..D run script (Go)....G | Clear Screen.......C | | Send files.........S Receive files......R | cOnfigure Minicom..O | | comm Parameters....P Add linefeed.......A | Suspend minicom....J | | Capture on/off.....L Hangup.............H | eXit and reset.....X | | send break.........F initialize Modem...M | Quit with no reset.Q | | Terminal settings..T run Kermit.........K | Cursor key mode....I | | lineWrap on/off....W local Echo on/off..E | Help screen........Z | | Paste file.........Y | scroll Back........B | | | | Select function or press Enter for none. | | | | Written by Miquel van Smoorenburg 1991-1995 | | Some additions by Jukka Lahtinen 1997-2000 | | i18n by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 1998 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ //Once this starts up, the following will be output on terminal
Alternatively, you can edit the .minirc.dfl in the home directory. Change the port number pointing to the right device before starting minicom. Our .minirc.dfl looks like this:
pu port /dev/ttyUSB2 pu rtscts No
At this point, the bootloader starts the kernel. Some binaries autoboot while others may require bootargs to boot up. In case the platform autoboots, you may see a sample output as shown below. Else refer to the next step/boot-args section on the guide.
Sample output:
Texas Instruments X-Loader 1.41 (Jul 26 2010 - 19:26:00) mmc read: Invalid size Starting OS Bootloader from MMC/SD1 ... U-Boot 1.1.4-L24.6-dirty (Jul 27 2010 - 12:02:16) Load address: 0x80e80000 DRAM: 512 MB Flash: 0 kB In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: KS8851SNL Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 mmc read: Invalid size 3351176 bytes read ## Booting image at 80500000 ... Image Name: Ubuntu Kernel Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed) Data Size: 3351112 Bytes = 3.2 MB Load Address: 80008000 Entry Point: 80008000 Verifying Checksum ... OK OK Starting kernel ...
A video walkthrough of the above process can be found below:
[edit] Alternative to minicom: Using screen
screen is installed by default of many Linux distributions.
First, find the tty for the serial port:
dmesg | grep tty
In the example below, ttyUSB0 is the USB-attached serial port:
[24542.443352] usb 2-1.2: Keyspan 1 port adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Then simply start screen, passing in the serial port address and the speed:
screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200


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Trudie Styler has many passions: the environment (she helped create and raises money for the Rainforest Fund and other organizations); underprivileged children (she serves as a Unicef ambassador); and mind and body fitness (she has written several books based on her experience as an avid yogi).
But her biggest passion — beyond, of course, that for her music-star husband Sting — is producing films. "Boys From Brazil" (1993), about gay and transgendered prostitutes, was the first of several documentaries the British-born Ms. Styler, who also has acting credits, made with her company Xingu Films. She was a producer of Guy Ritchie's "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and an executive producer of his follow-up, "Snatch." Last year she started, with Celine Rattray, Maven Pictures, a New York-based production company.
So it may not be surprising that her choice for best picture is a film about making films: "Hugo." It was "moving, well-acted, stunning to watch," she said by e-mail, "but apart from those things the overriding reason is the majesty of the filmmaking."
After filling out her Oscar ballot for us, she discussed her choices by e-mail. Here are excerpts from the exchange:
You're the only notable so far to choose "Hugo" for best picture, and one of the only going with Scorsese for best director. You also chose it for art direction, cinematography, sound editing and visual effects.
Quite simply "Hugo" is the most beautiful film. He does the most magnificent job. As a director who has put a huge amount of time and effort into remastering classics, this is Scorsese's homage to film. He owns it.
Most of the celebrities we've heard from have stuck to commenting on the more glamorous categories, like best actor. But I'm hoping with your documentary experience you can talk a bit about the nominees in the documentary category.
I admit to a personal bias for "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" because of working with [the director] Joe Berlinger on his documentary "Crude." But that aside, I think that if a documentary can really create change by putting a light around its subject and influencing people in power, then it has done its job very well. If not for this series of films about the West Memphis 3, those men may well still be incarcerated and Damien Echols quite possibly dead. "The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" [a documentary short about the Japanese disasters last year] touched me deeply. First of all, it's a visual delight of a movie, and it's also a movie full of hope. For all the pain and suffering that people surely went through, and the devastation of people losing their homes, trees being destroyed, land being decimated by the tsunami, man and nature are resilient above all, nature comes back and life goes on.
Do you plan any fiction films in the future or are you devoted to documentaries?
I am working on fiction films at the moment – "Imogene," a comedy starring Kristen Wiig and Annette Bening, and a gritty British film called "Filth" written by Irvine Welsh ("Trainspotting"), starring James McAvoy.
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I don't know about you, but my daughter and I start to go a little stir crazy at this time of year. We try to get out as much as possible, but sometimes with these short, cold days we can't be out for long. I've been keeping my eye out for inexpensive do-it-yourself ways to have a little fun indoors. Here are some fun and budget-friendly cardboard creations that are sure to keep your little ones entertained during those final weeks of Winter:
Row One:
1. Coffee Shop: 45Wall Design
2. DIY Cardboard Playhouse via Apartment Therapy
3. Cardboard Creature: Space Tribe Candy on Etsy
4. Cardboard Animals: Milimbo
5. Shadow Puppets: Classic Play
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6. Cardboard Washing Machine: Estefi Machado
7. Pizza Box Easel: Makedo
8. DIY Cardboard Playhouses: A Beautiful Mess
9. DIY Cardboard Dollhouse: Scandinavian Deko
10. Cardboard City: Camilla Engman
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Wonderful moments with cardboard in my childhood include my mom finding a fridge box on her morning walk and bringing it home so we could build a house out of it.
Inspired to grow my stockpile :) I love cardboard...
Nothing is better than a cardboard box! We had so many boxes after Christmas that we really went to town making things. The only problem was that my son would want to keep the new "toys" forever.
Here's the cardboard house I made that was inspired by one of the many modern playhouses I saw on AT:
Oh my goodness! So charming. We've been thinking about making an indoor doggie house for our little canine. This is so inspiring. I think I know what I'm going to do now this weekend ;o)
Love Makedo! My son has their robot kit. Easy to use, open-ended kit with lots of room for creativity and imagination. Makes you look at recycle bin items in a whole new way!
reminds me of a project we did a couple years ago in design school - http://cansu.pe/project/play-spaces/ - cardboard and children, what a great combination for inspiration!