Alerta De Seguridad O Notificaciones De Seguridad para Intra-oral dental X-ray units

Según Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, este evento ( alerta de seguridad o notificaciones de seguridad ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United Kingdom que fue producido por Carestream Health.

¿Qué es esto?

Las notificaciones de seguridad de campo son comunicaciones sobre acciones que se pueden estar tomando en relación con un producto que se encuentra en el mercado, enviadas por los fabricantes de dispositivos médicos o sus representantes. Estas notificaciones son principalmente para trabajadores de la salud, pero también para usuarios. Pueden incluir alertas y retiro de equipos.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Safety alert / Field Safety Notice
  • Número del evento
    MDA/2013/053
  • Fecha
    2013-07-18
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2013-07-18
  • País del evento
  • Fuente del evento
    MHRA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    Data from the United Kingdom is current through April 2019. All of the data comes from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, 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 the United Kingdom.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Risk of injury from falling unit after failure of the wall mount bracket.The devices were subject to a modification in 1995 and 2000 to address this risk. However, we have received a number of reports of device failure where the maintenance instructions have not been followed, and the manufacturer has not been able to confirm that all affected devices have received the modification.
  • Causa
    (trophy (now owned by carestream health)) risk of injury from falling unit after failure of the wall mount bracket. (mda/2013/053).
  • Acción
    Identify affected devices using the guidance detailed in the manufacturer’s field safety notice (FSN). Check if the devices have been modified by following advice given in the FSN. For devices that have not been modified, remove them from use and contact Carestream Health for assistance. For all devices, ensure that they are maintained as recommended in Carestream’s service instructions.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
  • Descripción del producto
    Intra-oral dental X-ray units: Kodak 2100 and Kodak 2200 (wall and ceiling mounted)Manufactured by Carestream HealthModels released for sale from May 2008 to April 2010, serial numbers as identified in the FSN.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    MHRA