MHRA Medical Device Alert

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a medical device alert for: Accu-Chek® Insight insulin pump system, manufactured by Roche Diabetes Care. Risk of a hypoglycaemic event if users misinterpret maintenance message ‘M-83 pump not able to complete task’. Users are advised to check pump history before re-initiating a programmed task (e.g. bolus [...]

By |2016-05-13T14:59:04+00:00May 16th, 2016|Medical Devices|Comments Off on MHRA Medical Device Alert

Medical Device Alert

A medical device alert has been issued for ZeniPower mercury-free hearing aid batteries, manufactured by Zhuhai  Zhi Li Battery Co Ltd, due to a risk of the hearing aid batteries exploding in certain circumstances. Although these batteries may not be distributed in community pharmacies, you may receive questions from patients using these batteries. Details of [...]

By |2016-03-15T23:12:15+00:00March 15th, 2016|Medical Devices, Patient Care|Comments Off on Medical Device Alert