Safety Alert Broadcast System

The aim of the safety alert is to disseminate quality and safety information to health services to ensure lessons learned from statewide, national and international sources are shared across the South Australian health system in an active manner.

Each alert specifies action to be taken by health services, the timeframe in which such action must occur, and specific responsibility for the actions.

The Safety Alert Broadcast System (SABS) includes three tiers of notifications to provide SA health services with early warnings of issues, namely:

Safety Alert: Requiring immediate attention and action.

Safety Notice: Requiring risk assessment at the local level to determine appropriate action.

Safety Information: Ensuring that lessons learnt from statewide, national and international sources are shared actively across the South Australian health system.

The established process for Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) medical device recalls/product corrections is for the manufacturer/sponsor to dispatch letters to the relevant service providers within two working days of the recall date. If affected, the health service will have received a letter from the manufacturer/sponsor advising of the recall.

Contact

Connie Jongeneel

Safety and Quality Coordinator

Telephone: (08) 8226 6188