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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Additional Monoclonal Antibody for Treatment of COVID-19
Friday, May 28, 2021Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the investigational monoclonal antibody therapy sotrovimab for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kilograms [about 88... Read More -
Update: FDA Recommends Transition from Use of Non-NIOSH-Approved and Decontaminated Disposable Respirators - Letter to Health Care Personnel and Facilities
Friday, May 28, 2021The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recommending health care personnel and facilities transition away from crisis capacity conservation strategies, such as using non-NIOSH-approved disposable respirators, including non-NIOSH-approved imported respirators such as KN95s. This... Read More -
FDA In Brief: FDA Authorizes Longer Time for Refrigerator Storage of Thawed Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Prior to Dilution, Making Vaccine More Widely Available
Monday, May 24, 2021Making COVID-19 vaccines widely available is key to getting people vaccinated and bringing the pandemic to an end. Pfizer Inc. submitted data to the FDA to support storage of undiluted, thawed vials of its COVID-19 vaccine for up to one month at refrigerator temperatures. This change should make... Read More -
Stop Using Certain Syringes and Needles with Needle Safety Devices Manufactured by HAIOU – Letter to Health Care Providers
Monday, May 24, 2021The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recommending health care facility risk managers, procurement staff, and health care providers stop using certain syringes and needles with needle safety devices manufactured by Guangdong Haiou Medical Apparatus Co., LTD. (HAIOU) at this time while FDA... Read More -
Antibody Testing Is Not Currently Recommended to Assess Immunity After COVID-19 Vaccination: FDA Safety Communication
Thursday, May 20, 2021The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reminding the public and health care providers that results from currently authorized SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests should not be used to evaluate a person’s level of immunity or protection from COVID-19 at any time, and especially after the person... Read More -
Abbott (formally known as “St. Jude Medical”) Recalls Assurity™ and Endurity™ Pacemakers for Potential Moisture Ingress Causing Electrical Short and Reduced Battery Life
Friday, May 14, 2021Abbott (formally known as “St. Jude Medical”) is recalling a subset of Assurity and Endurity pacemakers built using specific manufacturing equipment, that were then distributed from April 2015 to February 2019. A small number of devices from that time frame have experienced problems... Read More -
Magnets in Cell Phones and Smart Watches May Affect Pacemakers and Other Implanted Medical Devices
Friday, May 14, 2021Some consumer electronic devices, such as certain cell phones and smart watches, include high field strength magnets. Recent studies have shown that consumer electronic devices with high field strength magnets may cause certain implanted medical devices to switch to “magnet mode” and... Read More -
Novo Nordisk Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Levemir®, Tresiba®, Fiasp®, Novolog® and Xultophy® Product Samples Due to Improper Storage Temperature Conditions
Wednesday, May 12, 2021Novo Nordisk is voluntarily recalling 1,468 product samples listed in the table below of Levemir®, Tresiba®, Fiasp®, Novolog® and Xultophy®, to the consumer level. These products are being recalled because they were stored at temperatures below storage requirements. This recall... Read More -
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in Adolescents in Another Important Action in Fight Against Pandemic
Wednesday, May 12, 2021Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to include adolescents 12 through 15... Read More -
Medtronic, Inc. Recalls Instructions for Use and Patient Manual for HeartWare HVAD System to Update Information about Carrying Case, Driveline Cover, and Controller Power-Up Issues
Wednesday, May 12, 2021Medtronic is recalling their HeartWare HVAD System to provide updated Instructions for Use (IFU) and Patient Manual (PM) due to safety issues with (1) Carrying Cases, (2) Driveline Cover Orientation and; (3) Controller Power-Up Sequence. Read More
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