The new and tailored?Yellow Card?COVID-19?reporting?site?makes it quicker and simpler for healthcare professionals,?patients?and carers to report side-effects or incidents.??
The site?has been developed?as part of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA)?work to protect the public through enhanced?COVID-19?vigilance and in preparation for?large-scale use of potential?new or repurposed?medicines, medical devices,?diagnostic?tests?and?future?vaccines.
In our commitment to ensuring that the medicines and medical devices that people use are safe, we will use the?COVID-19 Yellow Card?reports to?monitor?the safety of?healthcare?products being used?in COVID-19 treatment. In doing so there will be rapid identification of?new or emerging risks,?which might not have been previously known about and will take appropriate regulatory action,?where necessary.?
Dr?June?Raine,?MHRA Chief Executive?said:
While our aim is to ensure that potentially?lifesaving?COVID-19?treatments?and?medical?equipment reach patients as quickly as possible, patient safety is our highest priority.
I?encourage?healthcare professionals?and patients to use our new dedicated?site to report problems with?medical equipment, including ventilators or testing kits,?as well as?any suspected side effects from medicines used to combat COVID-19
To make a?report?or find out more?about the?Yellow Card?COVID-19?reporting site?please visit:?coronavirus-yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk
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