Canberra Health Services says it has removed more than 800 condoms from its community health centres after a bungle that saw ultrasound probe covers mistakenly handed out as contraceptives. It's been revealed as many as 20 organisations may be caught up in the mix-up. Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT yesterday issued a recall for its condoms, warning anyone who'd received a pack they supplied in the past six months to discard it.
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00:00The probe covers have been given out by Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT since the start of the year.
00:07Possibly given out in condom packs as part of Orientation Week at universities,
00:11sex education programs at several schools and ACT government walk-in health centres.
00:16We believe it goes as far back as January.
00:20There's been a number of activities that have happened since then.
00:24One that ShiftPact is most well known for is National Condom Day on the 14th of February.
00:31So the product may possibly have been given to people on that event.
00:38That promotional event involved condoms being handed out to the public in Civic.
00:43Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT doesn't yet know how many of the probe covers have been handed out,
00:48but works with as many as 20 partner organisations to distribute contraceptives.
00:53It's advising that any condom packs bearing the Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT branding should be thrown away.
01:00These devices are not designed to be condoms, so they should therefore not be assumed to provide protection to either contraception or STIs.
01:10The organisation says if people are worried they have already used the incorrect product, they should contact their GP.
01:16Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT says it will investigate how the error occurred once the immediate risk has been resolved.