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Baxter Healthcare Limited are initiating a precautionary, company-led, ward-level recall of two batches of Sodium Chloride Infusion 0.9% w/v 1000 mL bags due to a potential leak with the bags.
A summary of recent letters and notifications sent to healthcare professionals about medicines and medical devices
New recommendations are being introduced to minimise the risk of serious hypersensitivity reactions with ferumoxytol.
A summary of letters and drug alerts recently sent to healthcare professionals, including recommendations to reduce handling errors with leuprorelin-containing depot medicines.
(Mylan on behalf of Strides Arcolab International Limited) Remaining stocks of affected batches should be quarantined - class 2 action within 48 hours. (EL (14)A/07)
Leading scientists at the independent Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) have confirmed that albumin, a critically important medicine for the NHS, can now be safely derived from UK plasma donors.
Summary list of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 19 to 23 July 2021.
Accord Healthcare Limited has informed us that there is an error on the portion of the Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) for the Paracetamol Infusion which is intended for Healthcare Professionals.
Reports that rubber stopper may be pushed into vial during reconstitution, rendering the vial unusable. (EL (16)A/11)
Sanofi are recalling the listed batches of Taxotere (Docetaxel) Concentrate due to a production fault potentially leading to an increase in the concentration of Docetaxel in the solution.
£10 million fund to help UK’s world-famous distilleries go green by switching to low carbon fuels such as hydrogen.
Richard Glazebrook Medal 2021
Baxter is recalling a batch of Cernevit powder for solution for injection or infusion as a precautionary measure after receiving 2 complaints of glass particles in vials.
(Uab Norameda) distributor Peckforton Pharmaceuticals Limited has identified an error on the presentation of the 50ml carton - the coloured band on the package should be purple not pink although text is correct (EL(15)A/06).
Sandoz Limited is recalling one batch due to the occurrence of degradation in some vials, resulting in green discoloration of the powder in the vial, leading to increased levels of impurities/degradation products in the medicine.
Manufactured by Roche Diabetes Care - inadequately detailed handling instructions of the 'Key Lock' function of the pump may lead to unintentional operation, which could result in rapid and severe deterioration of health e.g. hypoglycaemia or diabetic ketoacidosis.
Science Minister George Freeman has announced the creation of a new delivery body for the UK’s fusion programme, named UK Industrial Fusion Solutions.
UKAEA confirms partners to help advance STEP and the commercial viability of fusion energy.
Manufactured by Baxter – the software fails to save the syringe type and size in service and custom modes, and so reverts to default settings.
Cleaning chemicals spilled into a brook on the Suffolk/Cambridgeshire border after a Haverhill business failed to take reasonable care of its operations.
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