The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in the United Kingdom has recalled alcohol skin preparation pads, swabs and swab sticks manufactured by H&W. All pads manufactured since 2007 up to and including April 2010 have been recalled. These pads have been found to contain potential bacterial contamination which may lead to skin infection. […]
What Warnings Should Be Given To Patients Before Treatment?
It is not sufficient to establish that a warning should have been given but was not given to entitle a patient to recover damages. The patient must prove that had they been given a proper warning they would have opted to forgo the procedure. The Supreme Court in the case of Walsh –v- Family Planning […]
ASBESTOS CAUSES DEATH OF 64 TEACHERS IN ENGLAND
Official figures in the United Kingdom have shown that exposure to asbestos in classrooms in England the life of a teacher a month from cancer. New statistics show that 64 school teachers suffered from the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma in the past 5 years. In all at least 272 teachers have suffered from the horrific […]
SMITH AND NEPHEW BIRMINGHAM HIP IMPLANTS WERE RECALLED IN 2007
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in the UK (MHRA) issued as far back as June 2007 a medical device alert in relation to Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Cups which were manufactured by Smith & Nephew. The problem with the devices related to inappropriate mixing of head and cup sizes due to incorrect labelling of […]
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF METAL WEAR DEBRIS GENERATED FROM HIP IMPLANTS
A hip replacement implant typically has three parts: A cup, made of metal, polyethylene or a combination of polyethylene backed by metal which replaces the hip socket. A ball, which replaces the head of the thigh bone, made of cobalt/chromium alloys, stainless steal or ceramic materials. A stem, made of titanium which […]
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR HIP PROSTHESIS FRACTURES?
Failure of implants is often very complicated. The fracture of an implant however is probably the easiest form of case in which to recover compensation. A fractured hip is caused by a deficient or defective prosthesis. Fractures of standard orthopaedic implants are rare and should not happen. Fractured stems are difficult to revise. These are […]
SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS RECALLED BY IRISH MEDICINES BOARD
Hundreds of Irish women are being warned about faulty breast implants in a new safety alert issued by the Irish Medicines Board. A recall of the breast implants was initiated in Ireland on the 30th March 2010. The recall followed a manufacturing site inspection in France which identified unauthorised silicone gel being used in the […]
Defective products
Have you suffered harm from a defective DePuy hip implant? If so, you may be entitled to recover compensation under the Principals of negligence under the Liability for Defective Products Act 1991. In excess of 3,500 patients have received the DePuy hip implant since 2004. One new type of hip replacement surgery, known as a […]
To anyone with DePuy Hip Implant problems (pain, metal ion release, early revision and replacement).
DePuy hip replacement implants have caused the following problems for patients: a) Cup portions of the ASR hip replacement being too loose, failing to secure itself within bony growth. b) Intense pain experienced by patients around the site of the hip replacement. c) Significant soft tissue damage and necrosis; d) Metal toxicity getting into the […]
C DIFFICILE
C. Difficile (Clostridium) is a species of gram-positive spores producing bacteria which are present in 2-5% of healthy people’s guts. It survives in the gut usually asymptomatically. It is passed by faecal. In 2007 in the United Kingdom, 8,324 people died from C. Difficile. This compares to 1,593 who died from MRSA in the same […]
