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MHRA Medical Device Alerts
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- Care Trusts
- Mental Health Trusts
- Specialists Trusts
- NHS Regional Offices
- Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Mental Health & Social Care Trusts
- Ambulance Trusts
- Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Acute Trusts
- Community Trusts
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- Other contacts
- Independent Healthcare Providers (registered with CAS)
- Clinical Commissioning Groups
- Ofsted recipients
- Social Care Providers (registered with CAS)
- Special Health Authorities
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Suction catheters, gastro-enteral tubes, intermittent urology catheters and sterile urine drainage bags – potential breach in sterile barrier packaging
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| Broadcast content: |
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Manufactured by ConvaTec Limited – use of affected devices may increase risk of patients getting infections.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5beaf120ed915d6a07db1b9b/Copy_of_UDI_GS1_Device_and_Header_Spreadsheet_for_ConvaTec_-_MDA-2018-034.xlsx
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| Additional information: |
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NHS Regional Offices:
Please cascade to primary care
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| Action underway deadline: |
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28-Nov-2018
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| Action complete deadline: |
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13-Feb-2019
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