Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de VDR Proximal Targeting Guide in Acu-Loc 2 Loan sets

Según Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en Australia que fue producido por Medical & Optical Instruments Australia Pty Ltd.

¿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-2014-RN-00162-1
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class II
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2014-02-19
  • País del evento
  • Fuente del evento
    DHTGA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • 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
    There is a chance that the vdr proximal targeting guide will crack and/or break after repeated use in surgery. if the instrument breaks, it may result in pieces not being removed from the patient and therefore causing prolonged surgery, soft tissue damage, histological and/or allergic reaction.
  • Acción
    Medical and Optical are advising users that all affected devices are being replaced with "black" guides unaffected by this issue.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    VDR Proximal Targeting Guide in Acu-Loc 2 Loan setsPart Numbers: 80-0700 (yellow), 80-0702 (yellow), 80-0704 (yellow), 80-0701 (yellow), 80-0703 (yellow), 80-0705 (yellow)Manufactured prior to 28 August 2012ARTG Number: 97308
  • Manufacturer

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