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Image caption<\/span> The problem affects anaesthetic machines used in many hospitals around the world <\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A type of anaesthetic machine that has been used in NHS hospitals can be hacked and controlled from afar if left accessible on a hospital computer network, a cyber-security company says.<\/p>\n

A successful attacker would be able to change the amount of anaesthetic delivered to a patient, CyberMDX said.<\/p>\n

Alarms designed to alert anaesthetists to any danger could also be silenced.<\/p>\n

GE Healthcare, which makes the machines, said there was no “direct patient risk”.<\/p>\n

But CyberMDX’s research suggested the Aespire and Aestiva 7100 and 7900 devices could be targeted by hackers<\/a> if left accessible on hospital computer networks.<\/p>\n

And analysis by BBC News found multiple references online to the Aespire and Aestiva machines being used in NHS Hospitals.<\/p>\n

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust confirmed to the BBC that “a small number” of the devices were currently in use at its facilities, but were being phased out.<\/p>\n

“None of the anaesthetic machines are connected to the internet or the NUH network so there is very little risk around these machines within NUH,” a spokesman told the BBC.<\/p>\n