1. World problems
  2. Defective medical devices

Defective medical devices

  • Harmful medical products
  • Hazardous medical drugs

Incidence

The names of drug manufacturers who produce products from bovine materials have been quashed by the UK inquiry into the handling of the BSE epidemic. Their identity is protected by confidentiality clauses in the Medicines Act. Three products could have been made using potentially dangerous materia from infected cattle: a skin test for tuberculosis, a measles vaccine and a vaccine to prevent diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough.

Claim

Many past medical disasters could have been prevented or lessened if the health community had been more vigilant about alerting authorities. Doctors, nurses, dentists and other are the first to know when a drug or medical device does not perform as it should. The sooner they report it, the faster the agency can take corrective action.

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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-beingSustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Amenities » Equipment
  • Health care » Pharmacy
  • Industry » Products
  • Medicine » Medicine
  • Societal problems » Failure
  • Societal problems » Hazards
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    G8737
    DOCID
    11787370
    D7NID
    152807
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020