What’s New
- 31 July 2017Government embarks to provide PCV13 to eligible elderly persons in 2017/18
- 20 December 2016United States Food and Drug Administration Issued a Medical Device Ban on Powdered Surgeon's Gloves, Powdered Patient Examination Gloves, and Absorbable Powder for Lubricating a Surgeon's Glove
- 19 December 2016Medical Device Safety Alert: FDA Bans Powdered Surgeon's Gloves, Powdered Patient Examination Gloves, and Absorbable Powder for Lubricating a Surgeon's Glove
- 15 November 2016Safety alert on contamination of heater-cooler device use in cardiothoracic surgery
- 2 September 2016Antibacterial Soap? You Can Skip It -- Use Plain Soap and Water
- 15 October 2015Heater-Cooler Devices: FDA Safety Communication - Use of Devices Associated With Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections
- 19 August 2015Duodenoscope Surveillance Sampling & Culturing. Reducing the risks of Infection
- 30 July 2015URGENT PRODUCT NOTIFICATION: CIDEX Activated Glutaraldehyde Solution Product CodeSCX145
- 11 June 2015Heater-cooler devices used in cardiac surgery - risk of infection with Mycobacterium species
- 16 March 2015Duodenoscopes used in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- 12 March 2015New Protocol Offers Hospitals Option to Detect Bacterial Contamination of Duodenoscopes
- 11 March 2015Prolonged Outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Open-Chest Heart Surgery
- 21 February 2015CRE outbreak: You're due to go in for a procedure. Should you be worried?
- 19 February 2015Duodenoscope tubes raise concerns after latest CRE infectious outbreak
- 14 July 2014IMPORTANT INFORMATION Cardiac Surgery Mycobacterium Risks Disinfection and Cleaning of Sorin Heater Cooler Devices