Events

Alerta De Seguridad para Rite Aid Mini Digital Temple Touch Thermometer

Según Department of Health, este evento ( alerta de seguridad ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en Hong Kong que fue producido por Medisim Ltd.

¿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
  • Fecha
    2018-03-08
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2018-03-08
  • País del evento
    Hong Kong
  • Fuente del evento
    DH
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.mdco.gov.hk/english/safety/recalls/recalls_20180308a.html
  • Notas / Alertas
    Hong Kong data is current through September 2018. All of the data comes from the Department of Health (Hong Kong), 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 Hong Kong.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Medical Device Safety Alert
  • Causa
    Medical device safety alert: rite aid mini digital temple touch thermometer therapeutic goods administration (tga), australia, has issued a medical device safety alert concerning rite aid mini digital temple touch thermometer [lot number: 5216], manufactured by medisim ltd. according to the manufacturer, the battery compartment on the thermometer is not adequately secured, allowing unintentional access to the button battery inside. in the event a young child gains access to the button batteries themselves and ingests them, they may suffer internal burns injuries, that may result in a serious injury and as a worst case scenario even death. furthermore, access to these batteries may pose a choking hazard to young children. the affected consumers are requested immediately stop using the thermometer. product recall is on-going. for details, please refer to the following tga website: http://apps.Tga.Gov.Au/prod/sara/arn-detail.Aspx?k=rc-2018-rn-00195-1 if you are in possession of the affected products, please contact your supplier for necessary actions. posted on 8 mar 2018.

Device

Rite Aid Mini Digital Temple Touch Thermometer
  • Modelo / Serial
  • Descripción del producto
    Medical Device Safety Alert: Rite Aid Mini Digital Temple Touch Thermometer
  • Manufacturer
    Medisim Ltd

Manufacturer

Medisim Ltd