Critical care: Guidance and publications

Critical care-related guidance and publications

• 27 Apr 2012 | One Liners issue 93 - April 2012
  

  This news sheet is aimed at healthcare professionals and highlights concerns relating to the use of medical devices. This issue covers topics including blood glucose monitoring and small bore long lines.

• 21 Mar 2012 | External defibrillators used for cardiac arrest - top tips
  

  We receive reports of adverse incidents relating to all types of defibrillators. We have produced a leaflet and a poster for healthcare professionals, giving tips on how to prevent many of the common incidents.

• 15 Mar 2012 | One Liners issue 92 - March 2012
  

  This news sheet is aimed at healthcare professionals and highlights incidents involving anaesthetic and respiratory devices which have resulted in in significant morbidity or mortality.

• 20 Dec 2011 | Single-use Medical Devices: Implications and Consequences of Reuse - DB 2006(04) v2.0
  

  A reissue of our guidance for healthcare professionals.

• 10 Mar 2011 | Reporting Adverse Incidents and Disseminating Medical Device Alerts - DB 2011(01)
  

  This publication provides guidance on the MHRA's system for reporting adverse incidents for medical devices, and information on the dissemination of Medical Device Alerts.

• 16 Nov 2010 | Infusion Systems DB 2003(02) v2.0
  

  This document is designed to raise awareness of the nature of infusion systems, their advantages and risks, management and training issues, with a view to reducing the number of adverse incidents that arise from their use.

• 16 Nov 2010 | Infusion pumps - reporting adverse incidents
  

  A poster with details of the types of problems that should be reported and how to report them.

• 18 Oct 2010 | One Liners issue P1 – October 2010
  

  The annual cost of medical devices in the health service is now almost as great as that for pharmaceutical products. It is therefore vital that within each trust or healthcare organisation there are systems in place for the purchasing and management of medical devices. This special poster edition of One Liners aims to set out some of the main issues that need to be taken into account.

• 24 May 2010 | Report on Devices Adverse Incidents in 2009
  

  This annual report provides an overview of medical device-related adverse incident reports received by the MHRA in 2009.

• 05 Jan 2010 | Poster on mattress decontamination
  

  A new poster is available, aimed at healthcare professionals, illustrating the problem of contaminated mattresses going undetected.