Airway Safety
The following links to airway safety related articles:
- 15 Nov 2011 - Smiths medical –certain lot numbers of BIVONA ETT and trache tubes
- Medical device alert - reusable laryngoscope handle (pdf download)
- Oct2011 - Salisbury NHS FT – response to NPSA alert on laryngectomies (vis: Tracheostomy project)
- 17May2010 - Medical Device Alert: Visionary single-use laryngeal airway device manufactured by Marshall Products Ltd (MDA/2010/041)
- National Tracheostomy Safety Project
- SALG Summary of incidents Aug 2009 - Feb 2010 (download)
- 21Sep2009 - Portex paediatric tubes wrong sizes
- 8 Oct 2008 - Northern Ireland safety incident reporting site – SOLUS airway from Intersurgical
- Reducing the risk of retained throat packs after surgery
- Anaesthesia and ventilation MHRA notices issued since 2007
- Collection of MHRA and NPSA alerts from AAGBI