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Dear Healthcare Professional Letters

Update to Model 8870 Software Application Card used in the 8840 N'Vision® Clinician Programmer and SynchroMed® II Infusion System labelling for priming bolus

Audiences

Healthcare professional

Product type

Medical devices

10 November 2016

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Medtronic International Limited would like to update healthcare professionals on the issue of unintended drug delivery with the SynchroMed® II priming bolus function, which was communicated in June 2013. Medtronic is updating the Model 8870 software application card used in the 8840 N’Vision® Clinician Programmer to mitigate the potential for clinical effects of drug over-delivery during the SynchroMed® II full system priming bolus procedure. Updated information has also been added to the manuals of N'Vision® Clinician Programmer and SynchroMed® II Infusion System. Healthcare professionals are advised to continue to use the current software cards until Medtronic has exchanged them with the new cards, and to refer to the new guidelines for the SynchroMed® II priming bolus function. 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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