Collection

Medicines and medical devices: product-specific information

Guidance for healthcare professionals on managing specific medicines and medical devices and using them safely.

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Published: 18 December 2014

Guidance on the safe use of medicines

• Antipsychotic medicines: licensed products, uses and side effects
  • 25 August 2005
  • Guidance
• Asthma long-acting ß2 agonists: use and safety
  • 18 December 2014
  • Guidance
• Bisphosphonates: use and safety
  • 18 December 2014
  • Guidance
• Emollients: new information about risk of severe and fatal burns with paraffin-containing and paraffin-free emollients
  • 18 December 2018
  • Drug Safety Update
• SSRIs and SNRIs: use and safety
  • 18 December 2014
  • Guidance

Guidance on the safe use of medical devices

• Assistive technology: definitions, examples and safe use
  • 6 September 2024
  • Guidance
• Blood pressure measurement devices
  • 1 December 2013
  • Guidance
• Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL)
  • 28 April 2023
  • Guidance
• DEHP phthalates in medical devices
  • 1 July 2023
  • Guidance
• Dialysis guidance
  • 21 June 2023
  • Guidance
• Devices in practice: checklists for using medical devices
  • 11 April 2014
  • Guidance
• Electrosurgery: top tips
  • 17 November 2015
  • Guidance
• Emollients: new information about risk of severe and fatal burns with paraffin-containing and paraffin-free emollients
  • 18 December 2018
  • Drug Safety Update
• How tests and testing kits for coronavirus (COVID-19) work
  • 8 August 2023
  • Guidance
• Infusion pumps: T34 syringe drivers
  • 19 October 2021
  • Guidance
• In vitro diagnostic medical devices: procurement, safety, quality and performance
  • 28 January 2021
  • Guidance
• In vitro diagnostic point-of-care test devices
  • 3 February 2021
  • Guidance
• Lasers, intense light source systems and LEDs
  • 1 September 2015
  • Guidance
• Magnetic resonance imaging equipment in clinical use: safety guidelines
  • 4 April 2022
  • Guidance
• Measuring blood pressure: top 10 tips
  • 1 December 2013
  • Guidance
• Medical devices: off-label use
  • 1 July 2023
  • Guidance
• Medical devices: sources of electromagnetic interference
  • 17 January 2020
  • Guidance
• Managing medical devices
  • 25 February 2021
  • Guidance
• Medical devices: information for users and patients
  • 21 November 2023
  • Guidance
• Oxygen cylinders and their regulators: tips on how to handle them
  • 1 December 2013
  • Guidance
• Pause on the use of vaginally inserted surgical mesh for stress urinary incontinence.
  • 17 July 2018
  • News story
• Point of care testing with blood glucose meters: leaflet
  • 1 December 2013
  • Guidance
• Recommendations from the independent Expert Advisory Group on the use of Paclitaxel Drug-Coated Balloons and Drug-Eluting Stents to the MHRA
  • 18 February 2021
  • Guidance
• Single-use medical devices: implications and consequences of re-use
  • 28 January 2021
  • Guidance
• Software and AI as a Medical Device Change Programme
  • 14 June 2023
  • Guidance
• Symptoms sometimes referred to as Breast Implant Illness
  • 28 April 2023
  • Guidance
• Top 10 tips on benchtop steam sterilizers
  • 1 January 2013
  • Guidance
• Top 10 tips on endoscope decontamination
  • 1 August 2013
  • Guidance

Safety reviews, testing, research & analysis

• Alteplase for treatment of acute ischaemic stroke: independent review
  • 24 July 2015
  • Decision
• Cox-2 selective inhibitors and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs’ (NSAIDs): Cardiovascular safety
  • 2 January 2015
  • Guidance
• Isotretinoin: an expert review of suspected psychiatric and sexual side effects
  • 31 October 2023
  • Guidance
• Leadless cardiac pacemaker therapy: guidance from an MHRA Expert Advisory Group
  • 28 January 2021
  • Guidance
• Poly Implant Prosthèse (PIP) implants: toxicology testing
  • 18 December 2014
  • Research and analysis

Published 18 December 2014