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MHRA Medical Device Alerts
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- Care Trusts
- Mental Health Trusts
- Specialists Trusts
- Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Mental Health & Social Care Trusts
- Ambulance Trusts
- Primary Care Trusts
- Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Acute Trusts
- Community Trusts
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- Other contacts
- Independent Healthcare Providers (registered with CAS)
- Ofsted recipients
- Social Care Providers (registered with CAS)
- Strategic Health Authorities
- Special Health Authorities
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Nasogastric feeding tubes – Ryles tubes (weighted tip). Manufactured by Vygon Ltd. Size 12FG 125cm, product code: 392.12, lot number: 160412FG. Size 14FG 125cm, product code: 392.14, lot number: 100512FF.
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Risk of incorrect placement of the feeding tube due to incorrectly applied depth markings.
Despite issuing two Field Safety Notices in January 2013, Vygon Ltd has not received sufficient confirmation from users that they have received and acted on this information.
To access the full Medical Device Alert please follow the link immediately below
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Publications/Safetywarnings/MedicalDeviceAlerts/CON239462
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Distribution
Please bring this notice to the attention of relevant employees in your establishment. Below is a suggested list of recipients.
Trusts
CAS and SABS (NI) liaison officers for onward distribution to all relevant staff including:
• A&E departments
• All wards
• Anaesthetists
• Day surgery units
• Dieticians
• ENT departments
• Gastroenterology departments
• General surgery
• Hospital at home units
• Intensive care units
• Medical directors
• Nursing executive directors
• Nutrition nurses
• Palliative care teams
• Radiology departments
• Supplies managers
• Theatre managers
Primary care trusts
CAS liaison officers for onward distribution to all relevant staff including:
• Community hospitals
• Community nurses
• District nurses
• Nutritional nurse specialists
• Palliative care teams
Independent distribution
Establishments registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) (England only)
This alert should be read by:
• Care homes providing nursing care (adults)
• Care homes providing personal care (adults)
• Domiciliary care providers
• Further education colleges registered as care homes
• Hospices
• Hospitals in the independent sector
• Independent treatment centres
Establishments registered with OFSTED
This alert should be read by:
• Children’s services
• Educational establishments with beds for children
• Residential special schools
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05-Mar-2013
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| Action complete deadline: |
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19-Mar-2013
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