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Use baricitinib with caution in patients with diverticular disease and in those concomitantly treated with medications associated with an increased risk of diverticulitis.
Employment Tribunal decision.
BD have notified the MHRA that the sterility of some of their devices cannot be guaranteed due to quality issues with their third-party sterilisation provider.
Following our latest review of medical device alerts, we have archived the ones listed below.
List of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 21 to 25 March 2022.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Mr Justice Charles, Judge Rowland and Judge Wright on 17 January 2017.
Summary list of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 19 to 23 July 2021.
(Covidien) device may spontaneously energize when clamping during diathermy (electrosurgery) procedures without pushing the activation button, which could lead to unintended energy delivery to tissue. (MDA/2011/026)
A new biological device that can sample and detect a range of hazardous substances and explosives at the same time has been created by a Ministry of Defence scientist.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
(St Jude Medical) These defibrillators can delay or reduce the therapy that can be delivered by the ICD.(MDA/2014/035)
Manufactured by Becton Dickinson (BD) – tubes may contain a hole or be damaged or deformed, potentially causing blood leakage and/or an inadequate blood-to-additive ratio leading to incorrect test results.
Manufactured by St Jude Medical – risk of unpredictable, rapid battery depletion leading to potential device failure and loss of therapy.
(Baxter Healthcare Ltd.) potential to be a contributing factor to changes in thyroid such as hypothyroidism. (MDA/2006/022)
(St Jude Medical) potential reduction in number of shocks (skipped charge) delivered per therapy episode and inappropriate rate responsive pacing for up to 90 minutes. (MDA/2005/045)
List of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 28 March to 01 April.
List of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 31 August to 4 September 2015.
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