Medical Device Alerts issued in August 2017

Alerts were issued about NovoPen Echo and NovoPen 5 insulin pens and BioMérieux antimicrobial susceptibility tests.

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Published: 26 September 2017
• Last updated: 26 September 2017 — See all updates

• Therapeutic area: Endocrinology, diabetology and metabolism, Infectious disease

In this monthly update, we highlight selected Medical Device Alerts that have been issued recently by MHRA. Please note, this is not an exhaustive list of medical device alerts. For all Medical Device Alerts from MHRA, see Alerts and recalls for drugs and medical devices.

Alerts were recently issued by MHRA about:

• Insulin pens: NovoPen Echo and NovoPen 5 (certain batches) – risk of hyperglycaemia due to cartridge holder weakening when exposed to certain household chemicals
• Antimicrobial susceptibility test: VITEK®2 Identification (ID) / Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test (AST) Cards – potential false resistance for antibiotics on the AST panel, leading to false negative ESBL test or false positive urea (URE) reaction on ID cards

Article citation: Drug Safety Update volume 11 issue 2, September 2017: 4.

Published 26 September 2017
Last updated 26 September 2017 + show all updates

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