Use the right glove to keep you safe from hazards The Centre for Health Protection of Deparment of Health (CHP), HKSAR has received reports by the Hospital Authority that 58 & 21 in-patients had tested positive for invasive Group B Streptococcus from Sep to Oct 10, 2021, a surge as compared with a range of […]
The Important Safety Alerts On December 19, 2016, the Hong Kong Medical Device Control Office from Department of Health publish a important safety alerts regarding to the final rule banning the use of powdered medical gloves from The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Please refer to the following website from Hong Kong Medical […]
On December 19, 2016, the FDA published a final rule banning powdered gloves based on the unreasonable and substantial risk of illness or injury to individuals exposed to the powdered gloves. The risks to both patients and health care providers when internal body tissue is exposed to the powder include severe airway inflammation and hypersensitivity […]
