NIAIC

Advice Notices

Advice Notices are issued: -

in cases where there is the potential for death or serious injury, or there may be implications arising from long term use,
where the medical device, non-medical equipment, plant or building item is likely to be implicated,
where the recipient is expected to take immediate action on the advice

The full text of each Advice Notice is sent to HPSS organisations where action is required to be taken. Any member of the public requiring information on a particular notice is advised to contact their General Practitioner.

Advice Notices - 2002

Number	Issue Date	Title
AN(NI)2002/10	04-Nov-02	SYNCHROMED ® IMPLANTABLE DRUG PUMP: RISK OF MEDICATION ERRORS DUE TO INACCURATE LISTING OF INTRATHECAL DRUGS. (PDF 301 KB)
AN(NI)2002/09	02-Sept-02	NIROYAL CORONARY STENTRADIAL STENT FRACTURE AFTER IMPLANTATION (PDF 27 KB)
AN(NI)2002/08	22-July-02	Please contact the Northern Ireland Adverse Incident Centre for further information
AN(NI)2002/06	10-June-02	ELI LILLY & CO LTD ELI LILLEY HUMAPEN ERGO INSULIN PENS ORIGINAL BLUE INSULIN CARTRIDGE HOLDERS REPLACEMENT (61 KB)
AN(NI)2002/05	15-May-02	MEDTRONIC AVE TALENT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM CONNECTOR BAR AND STENT SPRING FRACTURE AFTER IMPLANTATION (PDF 80 KB)
AN(NI)2002/04	15-May-02	JRI LTD MODULAR CEMENTED TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT SYSTEM ATYIPICAL PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH CORROSION OF POLISHED TITANIUM ALLOY FEMORAL STEM (PDF 61 KB)
AN(NI)2002/03	09-May-02	MOJE CERAMIC IMPLANTS/ORTHOSONICS LTD SCREW FIR CERAMIC TOE JOINT(METATARSOPHALANGEAL) REPLACEMENT PROSTHESIS POOR CLINICAL PERFORMANCE OF SCREW-FIT CERAMIC TOE PROSTHESIS (PDF 59 KB)
AN(NI)2002/02	07-May-02	USE OF ANGIOPLASTY BALLOON CATHETERSFAILURE TO FOLLOW MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTION FOR USE COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS PATIENT INJURY (PDF 57 KB)
AN(NI)2002/01	13-Mar-02	BOC PIN-INDEX MEDICAL GAS CYLINDERS, SIZES C, D, E, F AND G POTENTIAL RISK OF MISMATCH TO MEDICAL DEVICES (PDF 60 KB) Annex (PDF 336 KB)

Advice Notices - 2001

Number	Issue Date	Title
AN(NI)2001/09	19-Dec-01	ABBOT LABORATORIES LTD LCx CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS ASSAY - HIGH NEGATIVE CONTROL RATES (PDF 59 KB) Appendix (PDF 11 KB)
AN(NI)2001/08	04-Dec-01	USE OF ELECTROSURGERY(DAITHERMY) IN TONSIL AND ADENOID SURGERY SECONDARY HAEMORRHAGE (PDF 58 KB)
AN(NI)2001/07	26-Oct-01	BAXTER A AND AF SERIES DIALYSERS GLOBALL RECALL OF A AND AF SERIES DIALYSERS (PDF 57 KB) Appendix 2001 (PDF 10 KB)
AN(NI)2001/06	27-Sept-01	HYLAMER POLYETHYLENE COMPONENTS (PDF 74 KB)
AN(NI)2001/05	20-Aug-01	ZIRCONIA CERAMIC FEMORAL HEADS (PDF 59 KB)
AN(NI)2001/04	June-01	THE USE OF CENTRAL INTRAVENOUS ACCESS IN NEONATAL PARENTERAL FEEDING (PDF 63 KB)
AN(NI)2001/03	28-Mar-01	LIFESCAN POCKETSCAN BLOOD GLUCOSE METERS (ALSO MANUFACTURED AS FASTAKE IN US & EUROFLASH IN EU) (PDF 58 KB)
AN(NI)2001/02	05-Feb-01	BIOKIT BIOELISA SYPHILIS COLOUR EIA POSSIBILITY OF FALSE NEGATIVE AND FALSE POSITIVE RESULTS WITH THIS TEST KIT (PDF 58 KB)
AN(NI)2001/01	12-Jan-01	BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION VANGUARD TM ENDOPROSTHESES: SEPARATION OF TOP TWO ROWS OF THE NITINOL FRAME WITH OR WITHOUT FRACTURE OF THE WIRE WITHIN THE ENDO (PDF 70 KB)

Advice Notices - 2000

Number	Issue Date	Title
AN(NI)2000/09	11-Dec-00	NOVAMEDICAL/SOMATECH MEDICAL LTD BREAST IMPLANTS NOVAGOLD RECALL (PDF 73 KB)
AN(NI)2000/08	11-Dec-00	POLY IMPLANT PROTHESIS(PIP)/CLOVER LEAF PRODUCTS LTD BREAST IMPLANTS PIP HYDROGEL VOLUNTARY RECALL OF PIP HYDROGEL BREAST IMPLANTS
AN(NI)2000/07	28-Nov-00	MEDTRONIC AVE ANEUREX STENT GRAFT SYSTEM NITINOL FRAME FRACTURE AFTER IMPLANTATION (PDF 65 KB)
AN(NI)2000/06	22-Aug-00	USE OF TRANSPORT MEDIA DURING CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING INAPPROPRIATE USE (PDF 41 KB)
AN(NI)2000/05	08-Aug-00	SCANDINAVIAN MOBILITY POWERED WHEELCHAIRS OVERHEATING OF BATTERY CHARGER (PDF 46 KB)
AN(NI)2000/04	16-Jun-00	MEDTRONIC AVE ANEUREX STENT GRAFT SYSTEM RISK OF ANEURYSM RUPTURE (PDF 28 KB)
AN(NI)2000/03	03-Apr-00	CHAS THACKREYLTD,DEPUTY INT.LTD,&CMK ORTHOPAEDIC PROD. LTD. ACCORD (JOHNSON-ELLOY) TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT DO NOT IMPLANT THIS DEVICE (PDF 24 KB)
AN(NI)2000/02	21-Feb-00	FRONTIER MEDICAL PRODUCTS SHARPSAFE SHARPS BOXES 11 LITER AND 24 LITRE SIZES ALL STAFF SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED IN PROCEDURES FOR USE (PDF 23 KB)
AN(NI)2000/01	3-Feb-00	ST JUDE MEDICAL INC MECHANICAL HEART VALVES RECALL OF PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES (PDF 30 KB)

Advice Notices - 1999

Number	Issue Date	Title
AN(NI)1999/06	22-Aug-00	High rate of early thromboembolic complications associated with St Jude Medical’s Silzone® (silver coated) mechanical heart valve, particularly among mitral valve patients. (PDF 52 KB)
AN(NI)1999/05	08-Aug-00	IMPLEMENTATION OF ADVICE ON THE USE OF OPTHALMIC MEDICAL DEVICES THAT TOUCH THE SURFACE OF THE EYE FROM THE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SEAC). (PDF 46 KB)
AN(NI)1999/04	16-Jun-00	IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONAL ADVICE ON THE USE OF CONTACT LENSES FROM THE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SEAC). (PDF 46 KB)
AN(NI)1999/03	03-Apr-00	This Advice Notice should be brought to the immediate attention of all who need to know, or be aware of it including all staff who are likely to come into contact with glutaraldehyde (PDF 64 KB)
AN(NI)1999/02	21-Feb-00	RE-USE OF TRIAL CONTACT LENSES ON MULTIPLE PATIENTS (PDF 47 KB)
AN(NI)1999/01	3-Feb-00	VOLUNTARY RECALL OF TRILUCENT TM BREAST IMPLANTS BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS (PDF 54 KB)