Notificaciones De Seguridad De Campo acerca de Capnostream™20 and Capnostream™20p Bedside Patient Monitors

Según Inspectie Gezondheidszorg en Jeugd, este evento ( notificaciones de seguridad de campo ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en Netherlands que fue producido por Oridion Medical 1987 Ltd..

¿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
    Field Safety Notice
  • Fecha
    2018-08-16
  • País del evento
  • Fuente del evento
    IGJ
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    The data from the Netherlands is current through October 2018. All of the data comes from Inspectie Gezondheidszorg en Jeugd, 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 Netherlands.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
  • Causa
    The purpose of this letter is to advise you that medtronic is issuing a software update for capnostream™ 20 and capnostream™ 20p bedside patient monitors.

Manufacturer

  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Comentario del fabricante
    Note published by the authorities from the Netherlands: This message is a warning from the manufacturer. After placing a medical device on the market, the manufacturer is obliged to follow the device and, where necessary, to improve it. When there is a risk for the user, the manufacturer must take action. The manufacturer informs users and the inspection of this action with a warning (Field Safety Notice). See also medical device warnings. This is part of the supervision of medical technology. Medtronic: “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
    IGJ