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Guidance for living safely with respiratory infections, including coronavirus (COVID-19).
Guidance on the ventilation of indoor spaces to reduce the spread of respiratory infections, including coronavirus (COVID-19).
Apply to continue with action against a debt owed to you as creditor in a ‘breathing space’, cancel or amend a breathing space, or have a debt owed to you removed from a breathing space.
How the MHRA makes decisions on when a product is a medical device (borderline products), and which risk class should apply to a medical device.
Consultation launched to strengthen safeguards for child strip search including the requirement to notify parents and guardians when a child is strip searched.
This guidance supports the operational competency of personnel that are required to wear, manage or train others in the use of breathing apparatus.
A summary of recent letters and notifications sent to healthcare professionals about medicines and medical devices, and information about the publication of two recent Device Safety Information pages. The article also includes information on a recent National Patient Safety Alert...
Public health principles for reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace.
Guidance for people with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive test result for COVID-19.
Anti-choking devices are intended to alleviate choking incidents after Basic Life Support protocols have been attempted and failed. There are numerous counterfeit and unbranded anti-choking devices being sold in the UK online which do not have a valid UKCA or...
Guidance for Approved Mental Health Professionals and others about mental health crisis breathing space
Thousands of counterfeit or unbranded copies of LifeVac anti-choking devices are being sold across the UK. The public is reminded to check their product carefully against the images in MHRA guidance to identify whether it is a counterfeit.
An impact assessment into the government's Breathing Space scheme
These breath-test devices have been approved for use by the Secretary of State through the Transport and Works Act 1992.
Guidance on managing and using bed rails safely.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today (6 March 2024) approved the Rubidium (Rb82) Generator (RUBY-FILL) as a diagnostic tool for imaging of the heart, to evaluate blood flow and aid in the diagnosis or assessment of...
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