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Alerta De Seguridad para NEWPORT Mechanical Ventilation System

Según National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), este evento ( alerta de seguridad ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en Colombia que fue producido por Newport Medical Instruments, Inc. || Covidien - Medtronic.

¿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
    A1704-130
  • Número del evento
    2008EBC-0001832 ; 2011EBC-0007197 ; 2010EBC-0006094
  • Fecha
    2017-04-06
  • País del evento
    Colombia
  • Fuente del evento
    INVIMA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://app.invima.gov.co/alertas/dispositivos-medicos-invima?page=94
  • Notas / Alertas
    Colombian data is current through June 2019. All of the data comes from the National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), 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 Colombia.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
  • Causa
    The manufacturer reports that it has detected that the biomedical equipment can restart its operation spontaneously during normal operation, without presenting any visual or sound alarm, after its restoration, the ventilator enters standby mode suspending its ventilatory assistance and will not restart its operation without intervention by part of the medical care personnel, leading to possible serious events on patients.

Device

NEWPORT Mechanical Ventilation System
  • Modelo / Serial
  • Clasificación del producto
    Anesthesiology Devices
  • Descripción del producto
    Indicated for patients who require mechanical breathing, patients who can not perform breaths by themselves, are designed to provide continuous or intermittent mechanical support in adult, pediatric and neonatal patients, used in intensive care units.
  • Manufacturer
    Newport Medical Instruments, Inc. || Covidien - Medtronic

Manufacturer

Newport Medical Instruments, Inc. || Covidien - Medtronic
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
    Medtronic plc
  • Comentario del fabricante
    “If our surveillance systems identify a potential performance issue, our personnel promptly evaluate the problem, including, when appropriate, conducting root cause investigations and internal testing to assess whether the product continues to meet specifications and defined performance criteria,” Medtronic told ICIJ in a statement. “In some cases, based on this evaluation, Medtronic may determine that a recall is necessary.” The company said that it communicates with healthcare providers and/or patients and provide recommendations to address such issues. Medtronic noted that these communications can include letters, emails, calls, press releases, physician notifications and social media postings, as well as informing the FDA and other regulators of the actions.
  • Source
    NIDFSINVIMA