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Health Sciences Authority
Dear Healthcare Professional Letters

SynchroMed® II Implantable Drug Infusion Pump Models 8637-20 & 8637-40: Important Information Regarding Overinfusion

Audiences

Healthcare professional

Product type

Medical devices

8 April 2014

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Medtronic International, Ltd. (Medtronic) would like to inform healthcare professionals of important information regarding overinfusion associated with the Medtronic SynchroMed® II Implantable Drug Infusion Pump. Medtronic has detected an upward shift in reports of occurrence for overinfusion. Overinfusion may result in life-threatening events due to drug overdose and may also result in drug withdrawal syndromes due to emptying of the pump prior to a planned refill. Healthcare professionals are advised to perform verification checks on their patients implanted with the SynchroMed® II Implantable Drug Infusion Pump; to always follow pump refill instructions, and to educate patients and caregivers on the signs and symptoms of drug overdose, underdose and withdrawal. Healthcare professionals are advised to 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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