Patient Safety Update August 2017: Resources To Support Safe Transition To NRfit For Intrathecal And Epidural Procedures

From this month (August 2017) an initial range of NRFit™ devices sufficient for the most common intrathecal procedures will be available to the NHS. We…

Shortage of remifentanil injection (all strengths)

The shortage has partly arisen due to issues last year when GSK suspended manufacturing of the drug at its plant in Parma and partly due…

NICE Bites - Cerebral palsy in under 25's

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Shortage of Norcuron® (vecuronium) 10 mg, powder for solution for injection

Vecuronium bromide injection is likely to be out of stock until early-mid June 2017. This memo advises on alternative treatment options in the interim.

NICE Bites - Spondyloarthritis

Please go to www.nice.org.uk for any recent updates to this guideline. NICE Bites is a monthly prescribing bulletin from the North West Medicines Information Centre…

Deployment of ISO 80369-6-compliant devices for neuraxial connection in 2017

In 2009 and 2011, the NPSA published a series of alerts requiring the NHS to use non-Luer devices for neuraxial bolus doses and infusions of…