Dear Healthcare Professional Letters
Non-retention of screw head in Exactech Equinoxe Reverse Shoulder Fixed Angle Torque Defining Screwdriver
Audiences
Healthcare professional
Product type
Medical devices
6 December 2016
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Exactech Pte Ltd would like to notify healthcare professionals of the potential non-retention of the screw head of the Exactech Equinoxe Reverse Shoulder Fixed Angle Torque Defining Screw in the Torque Defining Screwdriver. Healthcare professionals are advised to exercise caution when disengaging the screw head as failure to capture it may lead to surgical delays and the screw head falling into the wound site. 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.