What action is MHRA/Department of Health taking?
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has published the manufacturer’s recall letters on its website and has published a Medical Device Alert to the health service advising users to stop using this product, and to develop a local policy to review patients tested using the affected product. How many of these tests have been sold? The UK manufacturer has informed the MHRA that around 80,000 tests from lot HG0050 were distributed in Europe in March and April 2007. The manufacturer has determined that it is unlikely that more than 44 tests have been affected by the manufacturing fault I recently had a negative pregnancy test result from testing done in a hospital/clinic/GP surgery before they decided that a course of treatment was appropriate. What should I do? If your test result was negative and you are concerned that you may be pregnant, you should make an appointment to discuss these matters with your doctor, walk-in centre, sexual health clinic, family planning clini
