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").
Privacy
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.
Disclaimers
Privacy
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.
Legal restrictions for use of the Smith+Nephew Education Unlimited web pages
Privacy
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).
Unlawful Use
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.
Amendments
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.
Other Information
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.
Questions
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)
