Alerta De Seguridad para Trade name: Malecot Catheter for Nephrostomy. Technical Name: Nephrostomy Joint. ANVISA registration number: 10341350623. Class of risk: II. Affected Model: M0064101000 / M0064101010 .. Serial numbers affected: 9134817; 19185066; 18773341; 18876327; 18898595.

Según Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA), este evento ( alerta de seguridad ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en Brazil que fue producido por Boston Scientific do Brasil Ltda; Boston Scientific Corporation / Boston Scientific Costa Rica, S.R.L.

¿Qué es esto?

Las alertas proporcionan información importante y recomendaciones sobre los productos. Aunque se haya emitido una alerta, esto no significa necesariamente que el producto se considera peligroso. Las alertas de seguridad, dirigidas a trabajadores de la salud y a usuarios, pueden incluir retiro de equipos. Pueden ser escritas por los fabricantes, pero también por funcionarios del área de salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Safety alert
  • ID del evento
    2435
  • Fecha
    2017-12-15
  • País del evento
  • Fuente del evento
    ANVISA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    Brazilian data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from Anvisa, 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 data from the U.S. and Brazil.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    1. Discontinue use immediately and segregate the product to be collected. • Immediately remove all products affected by this withdrawal from your stock. • Please dispose of this product in a safe place for return to Boston Scientific. 2. Complete and return the Response Verification Tracking Form. • Report all stock to be returned and report it in unit quantity (s), not in boxes. • Return the Response Verification Tracking Form. 3. Pack / Deliver the Product Taken. If you wish to notify technical complaints and adverse events use the following channels: Notivisa: Notices of adverse events (AE) and technical complaints (QT) for products subject to Sanitary Surveillance should be made through the NOTIVISA System. To access the System, you must register and select the Health Professional option, if you are a liberal professional or the Institution / Entity option, if you are a professional of an institution / entity. Technovigilance System: Patient or citizen can notify through the Technovigilance System / SISTEC access through the link Additional information: - Date of identification of the problem by the company: 12/12/2017 - Date of notification notice to Anvisa: 12/15/2017 The company that owns the affected product is responsible for contacting its customers in due time. to ensure the effectiveness of the Field Action in progress. It stands out the joint responsibility of the distribution chain and use of health products in maintaining its quality, safety and efficacy, as well as the effectiveness of the Field Action, expressed by RDC 23/2012: "(...) Art 2 ° A holder of registration of health product is the holder of the registration / registration of health product with Anvisa. Single paragraph. The registration holder, as well as other agents involved from the production to the use of the product, or discarding it when applicable, are jointly and severally responsible for maintaining the quality, safety and efficacy of the health products to the final consumer. Art. 12 Distributors of health products shall forward to the registration holder, in a timely manner, the distribution map and other information requested for the notification and execution of field actions. (...) "
  • Causa
    Boston scientific (bsc) is initiating withdrawal of certain malecot nephrostomy catheters due to reports of breakage at the mid stem attachment during use of some catheters. the connection is located where the renal end of the malecot catheter is attached to the catheter shaft. the bsc has received 17 (seventeen) complaints related to this problem since december 1, 2013.
  • Acción
    Field Action Code 92185477-FA triggered under the responsibility of Boston Scientific do Brasil Ltda. Will make recollection

Manufacturer

  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Comentario del fabricante
    “We take a patient-first approach to assessing the applicability of every recall and communicate to regulatory bodies in all geographies where the recalled device is sold,” Boston Scientific said in a statement to ICIJ. “We have coordinated several recalls across many countries in a timely manner,” the company said, adding that it complies with all national laws, which can often vary and require different processes for reporting information or taking action on recalls. The company said it uses a rigorous and uniform process to take action on recalls and that “when we initiate a field action (e.g. recall, safety alert), every customer who has received an affected product receives a communication that includes a letter for the physician.”
  • Source
    ANVSANVISA