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The National Patient Safety Alert on the risk of foreign body aspiration during intubation, advanced airway management or ventilation, has been issued and can be accessed via the following link The most common types of foreign bodies identified in incident reports were transparent backing plastic from electrocardiogram (ECG) electrodes and plastic caps of unclear origin. …

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CME / BD Ltd. have issued a new Field Safety Notice (FSN) to all users of the T34 syringe driver advising on the use of a ‘Duracell PLUS‘ 9 volt 6LR61 type battery. The FSN also asks everyone to review their current batteries (as others may be used) and review and monitor their use going …

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The report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review has been published and identifies a number of key recommendations around medicines and ‘medical devices’ for all to consider. NAMDET is reviewing this document to see how best we can help support the findings and any of its recommendations. The report is available to …

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The MHRA has issued up to date warnings  around using thermal cameras and other such temperature screening devices in the use of Covid-19 screening. Don’t rely on temperature screening products for detection of coronavirus (COVID-19), says MHRA. There is little scientific evidence to support temperature screening as a reliable method for detection of COVID-19 or …

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