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| Issued: 24 January 2007 at 17:15 |
Ref: MDA/2007/007
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Immediate action |
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Action |
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Update |
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Information request |
| Device: BOC Ltd, AZ size aluminium medical oxygen cylinders fitted with a key operated pin index valve for use in MRI units. |
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| Problem: The MHRA has received two reports of AZ aluminium oxygen cylinders fitted with obsolete pin index valves. These obsolete valves contain a metal component that is sufficiently magnetic to make the cylinder potentially hazardous when used in an MRI environment. |
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| Action by: Anaesthetists, operating department practitioners and anaesthetic nurses working in MRI units. Hospital pharmacists, MRI safety advisors and MRI superintendent radiographers. |
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Action:
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Appendix |
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Distributed to:
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| Contacts: Details of supplier contact and MHRA Defective Medicines contact. Change of address or removal from address list for Healthcare Commission. |
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| Appendix: Images of the affected valve and the two acceptable alternatives. |
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Action deadlines for the Safety Alert Broadcast System (SABS)
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Deadline (action underway): 26 January 2007
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Deadline (action complete): 02 February 2007
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MDA/2007/007 - BOC Ltd, AZ size aluminium medical oxygen cylinders fitted with a key operated pin index valve for use in MRI units 
