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Health Sciences Authority
Dear Healthcare Professional Letters

Implanon NXT®: Update to the insertion and removal instructions in the Local Product Circular to minimise the risk of intravascular insertion and neurovascular injury

Audiences

Healthcare professional

Product type

Therapeutic Products

9 May 2019

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MSD Pharma (Singapore) Pte. Ltd would like to inform all healthcare professionals who perform insertion or removal of Implanon NXT® on the updated insertion and removal instructions to minimise the risk of intravascular insertion and neurovascular injury. The updated sections include those related to the site of insertion and the procedures for implant insertion and removal in order to further minimize the risk of deep insertion and its potential consequences, including the rare events of intravascular insertion and neurovascular injury. Please refer to the letter for details.


Only abstracts of the Dear Healthcare Professional Letters (DHCPL) are provided on this website. Details of these letters can be found in the MOH Alert System, which is accessible via the Health Professionals Portal (HPP), a one-stop portal for all healthcare professionals in Singapore. Dentists, medical doctors and pharmacists may access HPP at https://hpp.moh.gov.sg and follow the procedures below to access the MOH Alert system.

Step 1: Select your profession under ‘For Healthcare Professionals’.

Step 2: Click on ‘Useful links’.

Step 3: Click on ‘MOH Alert’ and log in via Singpass.

Step 4: Click on ‘Drug Alerts’ or ‘Med Device Alerts’ to view the DHCPLs.

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