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 the medical device alert can be found on the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency section on the GOV.UK website.

Source: Npa.co.uk