These Terms of Use apply to https://educationunlimited.smith-nephew.com website only - other services provided by us may have different Terms of Use.
By using this website, you agree to comply with these Terms of Use. This website is owned and maintained by Smith & Nephew plc, Building 5, Croxley Park, Hatters Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 8YE, England, United Kingdom, a member of the Smith+Nephew global group of companies ("we" or "us").
Our privacy notice sets out what information we collect from you, and what we do with it.
It is important for us to have updated information and contact details on all our members. We wish to ensure to offer the most relevant content to your attention, for that reason, your level of experience as well as your main interests in procedures, specialties or solutions are very important to ensure a personalized experience. In addition, our most used communication channel is e-mail, and all e-mails are directed to the address you have listed in your individual profile on our website. Smith+Nephew will contact registered users every six (6) months by email inviting users to update their profile and preferences.
The Smith+Nephew Education Unlimited website is designed for the education of healthcare professionals on the subject matters contained therein, and for the global exchange of professional knowledge, scientific research results and practical medical information among such professionals.
The website contains content prepared by Smith+Nephew and content prepared by other authors. Care has been taken to maintain the accuracy of the information indicated as being prepared by Smith+Nephew on these web pages. However, Smith+Nephew cannot warrant the accuracy of any information and cannot be held liable for any use or reliance on any of the information contained on this website (unless otherwise agreed in writing). Contributions published on the website under the names of individual authors contain the statements and opinions solely of those individual authors and not of Smith+Nephew. Comments contributed by other authors and medical practitioners on this website are not endorsed or approved by Smith+Nephew.
The website has been created for use by qualified medical professionals, even where access to content has not been restricted. Users’ identity and qualifications may not be verified on access to the website and therefore inappropriate access by non-qualified persons cannot be reasonably avoided. Smith+Nephew Education Unlimited operators may not be held liable for any damage or harm resulting from inadvertent, inappropriate or ill-advised access to, and reliance on, information contained on the website.
The information contained on this website is provided for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to serve as medical advice, nor endorse any named institution or author. The website may contain information on Smith+Nephew products, educational content, and/or demonstrate certain techniques used by authors and medical Practitioners. Smith+Nephew does not provide medical advice. Any procedures or therapies described on these web pages should only be performed by certified and trained medical professionals. It is the responsibility of medical practitioners to determine and utilize the appropriate products and techniques, according to their own clinical judgment, for each of their individual patients. For more information on the application of any products referenced on the website, as well as indications for use, contraindications, and product safety information, please consult the applicable Instructions for Use (IFU) for such product.
The website may contain information and discussion (including the promotion of) methods, procedures or products that may not be available in certain countries or regions, or may be available under various other trade or service marks, names or brands. Methods, procedures and products may also be subject to regulation and governmental approval, clearance or restrictions in other countries or regions. It is recommended that users obtain information about such regulation in their home country. Products mentioned may not be available or authorized for distribution in all markets. Please contact Smith+Nephew if you have questions about the availability of Smith+Nephew products in your area.
Although all advertising material which may be included on the website is expected to conform to ethical (medical) standards, inclusion on the website does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement by Smith+Nephew of the quality or value of such product or of the claims made of it by its manufacturer. Alternative products may be available from other manufacturers.
Links or referrals to other internet sites operated by third persons are made for users’ convenience only. Although Smith+Nephew Education Unlimited operators undertake reasonable efforts to verify, from time to time, the correctness or appropriateness of the referral to the sites, we do not assume liability for the contents of such sites or for any damage or harm resulting from users’ access to such sites. Smith+Nephew Education Unlimited operators do not guarantee that files available for downloading from this internet site are free from malicious software or codes. Smith+Nephew suggests the use of effective protective software.
These web pages were produced by Smith+Nephew. All rights (including copyright in the aggregated parts of the website and the database) subsisting in these web pages are reserved by Smith+Nephew (on behalf of itself, or, where relevant its third party licensors) including trade marks in our name, product names and logos.
Smith+Nephew Education Unlimited web pages may refer to or contain works or other content, such as names, instruments, treatments, presentations, logos, designs, etc, that may be protected by copyright, trademark, patents and other intellectual property rights or similar laws, even though specific reference to this fact is not always made. If you have any doubts as to whether a particular work or item is the subject of any rights reserved to or by us then please contact us we will endeavor to answer your query – no use (save as expressly provided for) of any such materials should be made by you pending our response.
The commercial use of the contents of the website and copying of the works or other protected items contained on the web pages is prohibited. We do not permit the making available of such works or any parts of those works on any intranet or internet site or the creation of derivative works based on the works contained on these web pages.
If you would like to use any of our content you must first contact us and obtain our permission, unless permission is clearly expressly provided on any of the content.
Without prejudice to the above, nothing in these terms or on any web page shall be construed as authorising you, or otherwise granting you the right, to download or otherwise copy any materials (including any speaker notes or slides) which accompany any of the works (including any presentations or videos) which are available through this site (save where the relevant presentation includes an express notice to the contrary).
As a user bound by these terms, you agree not to use the services and content of the Smith+Nephew Education Unlimited website in a way that is likely to cause damage to the services (e.g. by affecting, disturbing or overloading the services), and will refrain from illegal use or other abuse of the services or information derived from them, and to refrain from violating third parties’ rights.
Smith+Nephew Education Unlimited operators do not make any representation, and reserve complete discretion, in regard of the operation and availability of the website or any part thereof, and may at any time and without prior notice delete or replace content, restrict access to services, imply further conditions and/or charge fees. Smith+Nephew will not be liable for any damages, loss, costs or expenses incurred by you as a result of any lack of availability or accessibility to the website.
We reserve the right to amend these terms of use from time to time which will be effective immediately when they are placed on the website. Please refer regularly to the version as published on our website when using the service.
Nothing in these terms is intended to exclude any liability which we are not allowed to exclude under any relevant law. English law applies unless a legal requirement in the jurisdiction in which the user is based prohibits this.
If you have any questions about anything on this website you can contact us by email at Education.Unlimited@smith-nephew.com.
All references to “Smith+Nephew”, “Education Unlimited", "we" or "our" in these terms should be read as references to Smith & Nephew plc. (Company number: 00324357) (or such other member of the Smith+Nephew group as we may determine from time to time)
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