These guidance documents/posters all relate to areas of practice that othopaedics practitioners may be involved in and so may be of help.
Recent guidance and publications relating to orthopaedics
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28 Feb 2012 | Press release: MHRA updates advice for metal-on-metal hip replacements
The MHRA today issued updated advice to surgeons that patients with a particular type of metal-on-metal hip replacement should be monitored annually for the life of the hip replacement.
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03 Feb 2012 | Medical Device Technology Forum on hip implants
An orthopaedic workshop, held on 4 November 2011, explored the difficulties in promoting innovation in the orthopaedic field while maintaining patient safety.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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17 Nov 2009 | Patient information leaflet (PIL) of the month: Arthrotec 50 and 75
The patient information leaflets for Arthrotec 50 and 75 have been added to the 'Patient information leaflet (PIL) of the month' section.
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17 Nov 2009 | Patient information leaflet (PIL) of the month:Arthrotec 75
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17 Nov 2009 | Patient information leaflet (PIL) of the month:Arthrotec 50
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11 Mar 2009 | Orthopaedic implants poster
A poster for healthcare professionals which contains information on reporting adverse events with orthopaedic implants.
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11 Jun 2008 | Joint replacement implants - guidance on the vigilance system
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