Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de NeoMed Enteral Feeding Tubes with EO Connectors

Según Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en Australia que fue producido por Emergo Asia Pacific Pty Ltd T/a Emergo Australia.

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    RC-2018-RN-00734-1
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class II
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2018-06-19
  • País del evento
    Australia
  • Fuente del evento
    DHTGA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2018-RN-00734-1
  • Notas / Alertas
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
  • Causa
    Emergo have identified the potential for the tethered plug on the hub inadvertently opening after closure. the tethered plug not staying closed in the feeding tube hub may result in a leak of nutrition from the feeding tube. as described in the instructions for use (ifu) provided with the product, sterile water should be the only liquid that would leak from the feeding tube when the user flushes the tube before and after use. to date, no adverse events related to this issue have been reported to neomed.
  • Acción
    Emergo is requesting that users examine their inventory for product subject to this recall and quarantine all affecetd stock until a return can be facilitated as per the instructions given in the Customer Letter.

Device

NeoMed Enteral Feeding Tubes with EO Connectors

Manufacturer

Emergo Asia Pacific Pty Ltd T/a Emergo Australia