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MHRA Medical Device Safety Notices

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Published February 17th, 2026
Detected February 18th, 2026
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Summary

The MHRA has issued a list of eight medical device safety notices published between February 9-13, 2026. These notices cover various devices including ventilator circuits, tissue reconstructive material, and PET/CT scanners. The MHRA publishes these for informational purposes.

What changed

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published a compilation of eight Field Safety Notices (FSNs) issued between February 9-13, 2026. These notices pertain to a range of medical devices, including ventilator circuits from Armstrong Medical, a tissue reconstructive material from BURGEON, an impactor handle from Exactech, a PET/CT scanner from GE Medical Systems, a device from Optimed, and immunoassay kits from Siemens. The MHRA emphasizes that recipients of FSNs must always act upon them.

Regulated entities, particularly healthcare providers and medical device manufacturers, should review these notices to ensure they are aware of any safety concerns or required actions related to the specified devices. While the MHRA publishes these FSNs for information, direct contact with the manufacturer is advised for specific questions. Compliance with manufacturer instructions is mandatory.

Source document (simplified)

Field Safety Notices: 09-13 February 2026

A list of Field Safety Notices: 09-13 February 2026

From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Published 17 February 2026 Message type: Field safety notice Issued: 17 February 2026

Overview

If you receive a field safety notice (FSN) from a manufacturer you must always act on it.

MHRA publishes the following for information only.

If you have a question about a particular FSN contact the manufacturer.

Latest FSNs

View the latest FSNs

View a list of FSNs published since January 2020

View FSNs since November 2014. FSNs before this date are on the National Archives website

Armstrong Medical: Ventilator Circuit (Update)

03 February 2026

Ventilator breathing circuit, single-use

Model: AMVC1792-070

MHRA reference: 38455421

Armstrong Medical: Ventilator Circuit

29 January 2026

Ventilator breathing circuit, single-use

MHRA reference: 38469533 2026/001/030/601/060

BURGEON: NOVUMA

10 February 2026

Polyethylene tissue reconstructive material

MHRA reference: 38482792 2026/002/011/601/033

Exactech: Ergo Impactor Handle

22 January 2026

MHRA reference: 38301731 2026/001/026/601/079

GE Medical Systems: OMNI Legend PET/CT

REF 40912

MHRA reference: 38486019 2026/001/020/601/113

Optimed: Tentos 4F

19 December 2025

MHRA reference: 38473763 2026/002/009/601/046

Siemens: IMMULITE 2000 EPO, IMMULITE EPO Control Module

February 2026

Erythropoietin (EPO) IVD, kit, chemiluminescent immunoassay and Erythropoietin (EPO) IVD, control

MHRA reference: 38469063 2026/001/029/601/117

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Published 17 February 2026 Contents

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Classification

Agency
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Published
February 17th, 2026
Instrument
Guidance
Legal weight
Non-binding
Stage
Final
Change scope
Minor

Who this affects

Applies to
Healthcare providers Medical device makers
Geographic scope
National (UK)

Taxonomy

Primary area
Medical Devices
Operational domain
Compliance
Topics
Patient Safety Product Recalls

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