The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has issued a recall of Emerade 300 and 500 microgram adrenaline auto-injector pens (AAIs).
This is because some Emerade AAIs might fail to work correctly and may not deliver a dose of adrenaline if they’ve been dropped, though this is very rare.
URGENT: Make sure any Emerade AAIs held by students are replaced as soon as possible, please. If a child suffers an anaphylactic shock and does not receive the correct dose of adrenaline in time, the consequences are potentially fatal.
If your child carries the Emerade brand of AAI, they should immediately contact their GP to get 2 replacement pens of a different brand – either EpiPen or Jext.
They should only return their Emerade pens to their local pharmacy once they have received their replacement AAIs. Please make sure students know how to use their replacements, as each brand works differently.
Thank you for your time in this matter.
