Regulatory Actions
Reporting faulty medical equipment
Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, May 18th, 2007
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is today calling on the public, as part of a new campaign in England, to report medical equipment they have bought or been given to them by a GP's surgery, hospital, pharmacy, optometrist or clinic that have developed faults. The aim is to reduce the number of adverse incidents with medical equipment by informing the MHRA who will investigate and take necessary action. The MHRA can give advice to healthcare provider services, to ensure that instructions for use are correct, discuss changes with manufacturers or, in extreme cases, stop equipment being sold.
The MHRA has produced new leaflets and, posters...
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