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MDA/2006/066 - Lancing devices used in nursing homes and care homes

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Type: Medical Device Alert
Series No: MDA/2006/066
Audience: Healthcare professionals
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Format: Electronic and paper
Size: A4
Pages: 11
Price: free
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Copyright: Crown
   

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Page 1

Update (April 2007): Correction to the list of disposable single-use lancing devices suitable for use in nursing homes and care homes (on page 2). Vitalcare Auto Safety Lancet is no longer available on prescription but Owen Mumford Ltd Unistik 3 range of lancets is now available on prescription instead.

 

Issued: 06 December 2006 at 11:00
Ref: MDA/2006/066


 

 

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Device:
Lancing devices used in nursing homes and care homes.

>Page 2

Problem:
Transmission of hepatitis B between nursing home residents has been linked with the use of the wrong sort of lancing device. This has resulted in acute infections and deaths.

>Page 2

Action by:
Nursing home and care home staff.		  

Action:
For blood glucose monitoring nursing home and care home staff must only use:

  • disposable single-use lancing devices (these are used once and then the entire lancing device is discarded)
    or
  • a non-disposable lancing device which is intended for use on multiple patients and is used with disposable single-use lancets

>Pages 2-3

Distributed to:

NHS trusts in England - Chief Executives*
Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) - Headquarters
Primary care trusts in England - Chief Executives*
Social services in England - Directors* 
Health Protection Agency (HPA)  - Directors

* via CE Bulletin

>Page 3

Contacts:
Details of MHRA contacts for technical and clinical aspects.
Change of address or removal from address list for CSCI.

>Pages 3-4

Appendix:
Extract from NHS PASA evaluation report 06002 Lancing Systems p25-31 (in pdf only).

>Pages 5-11



 

Action deadlines for the Safety Alert Broadcast System (SABS)
Deadline (action underway): 13 December 2006
Deadline (action complete): 02 January 2007


Page last modified: 06 December 2006