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Recall: Cook Medical Fixed Core & Roadrunner Hydrophilic Wire Guides – compromised sterility

Breached seal in packaging of specific lot numbers of these wire guide devices means sterility is compromised, creating risk of infection in patients. Quarantine all unused devices and return to supplier.

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Recall: DBL Vancomycin 500 mg injection vial, concerns about decreased potency

A recall has been issued for batches J036913AA & J036913BA of DBL Vancomycin (vancomycin hydrochloride) 500 mg powder for injection vials due to out of specification of specificity stability results which do not meet the shelf-life specification for potency or have atypically...

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Jannsen-Cilag CADD Infusions Systems Disposables product defect

Jannsen-Cilag CADD Infusion Systems Disposables as part of Veletri Consumables Kit may underdeliver infusion doses or fail to detect attachment of the cassettes.

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Recognition of Te Tiriti o Waitangi

ANZCA is currently developing a comprehensive strategy to ensure that the college meets its responsibilities under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Aotearoa/New Zealand’s founding document.

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Glycine toxicity and TURP syndrome

ANZCA has been reminded of recent reports of adverse events related to use of glycine irrigation for TURP surgery

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Class 1 recall notification - Infusion Sets for Alaris™ Pumps (GP, VP, CC, GW/GW800, SE and IVAC™ 59

Manufacturer, Becton Dickinson (BD), has advised of the recall of a number of Dedicated and Non–dedicated infusion sets and accessories.

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PG68(A) Guideline surgical patient safety SARS-CoV-2

Professional guideline 68(A) provides frequently updated advice on safety concerns for surgery in patients with current or previous SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 infection, or who have recently received or soon plan to receive a SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 vaccination.

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CPD requirements for Rural Generalist Anaesthetists (RGAs)

In May 2023, the TC-RGA agreed that Rural Generalist Anaesthetists (RGAs) would be recommended to undertake the Continuing Professional Developement (CPD) program-level requirements identified in the ANZCA and FPM CPD standard.

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Anaesthetic incident reporting

We oversee a range of incident reporting activities in Australia and New Zealand, including mortality reporting and webAIRS, to ensure that we continue to be two of the safest countries in the world to undergo anaesthesia.

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