Problem
Defective medical devices
Other Names:
Harmful medical productsHazardous 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.
Narrower Problems:
Harmful drugs used during pregnancyHazardous medical use of silicon gel Subject(s):
Amenities → EquipmentHealth Care → Pharmacy
Industry → Products
Medicine → Medicine
Societal Problems → Failure
Societal Problems → Hazards
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST