Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018
640. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if each of the 12 hospitals which had a foetal monitor (details supplied) in use will be reviewed individually to ascertain if safety was compromised at units over the past nine years; and if so, the details of same. [14956/18]
View answer641. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if documentary evidence is available in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in the 12 hospitals which had a foetal monitor in use; if procedures (details supplied) were carried out; and if so, the details of same. [14957/18]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 640 and 641 together.
As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
My Department was advised on the 26th January 2018 of a matter related to an Avalon fetal monitors. The HSE as a precautionary measure established a Risk Assessment Team to determine if the Avalon monitor posed a clinical risk in excess of other equivalent medical devices in use in the Irish market.
My Department has been advised that the Risk Assessment Team has concluded its examination of the fetal monitors and has submitted its report to the HSE National Director, Acute Hospitals.
