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- National Patient Safety Alert: Removal of Philips Health Systems V60 and V60 Plus ventilators from service: risk of shutdown leading to complete loss of ventilation (NatPSA/2023/005/MHRA)The MHRA is issuing updated advice that Philips Respironics V60 and V60 Plus non-invasive ventilators must be permanently removed from use.
- Alert type: National patient safety alert
- Medical specialism: Anaesthetics and 2 others
- Issued: 18 May 2023
- National Patient Safety Alert: Philips Health Systems V60, V60 Plus and V680 ventilators: potential unexpected shutdown leading to complete loss of ventilation (NatPSA/2022/002/MHRA)Philips Health Systems have identified an important safety issue due to potential unexpected shutdowns of all of their V60 and V60 Plus non-invasive ventilators. All V680 invasive ventilators used in critical care settings …
- Alert type: National patient safety alert
- Medical specialism: Anaesthetics and 2 others
- Issued: 29 March 2022
- COVID-19: All haemofiltration systems including machines and accessories – serious risks if users don’t follow manufacturer instructions for set-up (MDA/2020/013)All manufacturers – there have been reports of off-label modifications to haemofiltration systems when treating Covid-19 patients leading to serious injury and death.
- Alert type: Device safety information
- Medical specialism: Anaesthetics and 3 others
- Issued: 10 April 2020
- Abbott Trifecta / Trifecta GT bioprosthetic aortic heart valves: cases of structural valve deterioration (SVD) (MDA/2020/019)Manufactured by Abbott – cases of valvular insufficiency and early revision.
- Alert type: Device safety information
- Medical specialism: Cardiology and 2 others
- Issued: 6 July 2020
- Medical Devices Safety Bulletin (MDSB/2020/02)Regular safety information for healthcare professionals
- Alert type: Device safety information
- Issued: 5 November 2020
- Results from laboratory-based tests for COVID-19 antibodies using capillary blood sample collection kits may not be reliable (MDA/2020/015)This covers issues with both laboratory based tests for COVID-19 antibodies (unvalidated sample type) and capillary blood sample collection kits (unvalidated for home use)
- Alert type: Device safety information
- Medical specialism: Care home staff and 3 others
- Issued: 8 June 2020
- Medical Devices Safety Bulletin (MDSB/2020/01)This is a new regular bulletin from Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to inform health and care professionals of new or ongoing safety issues with medical devices. It is aimed at all parts of the hea…
- Alert type: Device safety information
- Issued: 19 October 2020
- Field Safety Notices: 1 to 5 March 2021 List of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 1 to 5 March 2021
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 8 March 2021
- National Patient Safety Alert: Philips Respironics V60 ventilator – unexpected shutdown (NatPSA/2020/007/MHRA) Actions to be taken to avoid potential unexpected shutdown leading to complete loss of ventilation
- Alert type: National patient safety alert
- Medical specialism: Critical care
- Issued: 23 September 2020
- Class 2 Medicines Recall: Emerade 500 micrograms solution for injection in pre-filled syringe, PL 33616/0015 (EL(20)A/23 Pharmaswiss Česka republika s.r.o. (an affiliate of Bausch & Lomb UK Limited) is recalling all unexpired batches of Emerade 500 microgram auto-injectors (also referred to as pens) from patients due to an error in one com…
- Medical specialism: Care home staff and 5 others
- Issued: 12 May 2020
- Field Safety Notices: 26 to 30 September 2022 Summary List of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 26 to 30 September 2022.
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 3 October 2022
- Field Safety Notice: 16 to 20 November 2020List of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 16 to 20 November 2020.
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 23 November 2020
- Field Safety Notices – 29 June to 03 July 2020 Summary list of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 29 June to 03 July 2020
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 6 July 2020
- Field Safety Notices – 06 July to 10 July 2020Summary list of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 06 July to 10 July 2020
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 13 July 2020
- Field Safety Notices: 10 – 14 August 2020 Summary list of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 10 August to 14 August 2020.
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 17 August 2020
- Field Safety Notices: 10 to 14 May 2021 Summary list of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 10 to 14 May 2021
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 17 May 2021
- Field Safety Notices: 11 to 15 October 2021 List of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 11 to 15 October 2021
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 19 October 2021
- Field Safety Notices: 16 to 20 August 2021 List of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 16 to 20 August
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 23 August 2021
- Spinal implant: All MAGEC Systems – supply suspended to the UK (MDA/2020/011) Manufactured by NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics – supply of all MAGEC rods suspended to the UK market during a review by MHRA.
- Alert type: Device safety information
- Medical specialism: Orthopaedics and 2 others
- Issued: 1 April 2020
- Field Safety Notices: 21 to 25 June 2021Summary list of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 21 to 25 June 2021.
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 28 June 2021
- Field Safety Notices: 26 to 30 April 2021Summary list of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 26 April to 30 April 2021
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 4 May 2021
- Field Safety Notices: 18 to 22 April 2022Summary List of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 18 to 22 April 2022
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 25 April 2022
- Field Safety Notices: 25 to 29 October 2021List of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 25 to 29 October 2021
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 1 November 2021
- Field Safety Notices: 22 to 26 November 2021List of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 22 to 26 November 2021
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 1 December 2021
- Field Safety Notices: 15 to 19 November 2021List of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 15 to 19 November 2021
- Alert type: Field safety notice
- Issued: 24 November 2021
- Class 2 Medicines Recall: Emerade 300 micrograms solution for injection in pre-filled syringe, PL 33616/0014 (EL(20)A/20)Pharmaswiss Česka republika s.r.o. (an affiliate of Bausch & Lomb UK Limited) is recalling all unexpired batches of Emerade 300 microgram auto-injectors (also referred to as pens) from patients due to an error in one com…
- Medical specialism: Care home staff and 5 others
- Issued: 7 April 2020
- Class 2 Medicines Recall: Grünenthal Ltd, Palexia 20 mg/ml Oral Solution (PL 21727/0054) Grünenthal Ltd has informed us of a potential microbial contamination during routine stability testing for the batches listed in this recall.
- Medical specialism: General practice and 1 others
- Issued: 8 February 2021
- Anaesthetic machines: off-label use during the COVID-19 pandemic (MDA/2020/012)All anaesthesia machines with ventilators – using the anaesthesia device in treatment of critical illness, outside its intended use is considered off-label use but may be essential due to ventilator availability.
- Alert type: Device safety information
- Medical specialism: Anaesthetics and 2 others
- Issued: 8 April 2020
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