Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de HemoCue White Blood cell analysers

Según New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en New Zealand que fue producido por Hemocue AB.

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    22739
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2018-03-22
  • País del evento
    New Zealand
  • Fuente del evento
    NZMMDSA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notas / Alertas
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Recalling Organisation: Radiometer Pacific, Unit 3, 33 Spartan Road, Takanini 2105
  • Causa
    The manufacturer has become aware that there is a need to clarify that use of the hemocue wbc diff system on patients on chemotherapy, other immunosuppressive therapies or on drugs with immunosuppressive effects, has not been fully evaluated by hemocue ab. if incorrect results are obtained for these patient populations it could potentially lead to a delay in a dose modification and increased infection risk.
  • Acción
    Instructions for use to be updated

Device

HemoCue White Blood cell analysers
  • Modelo / Serial
    Model: , Affected: All serial numbers
  • Manufacturer
    Hemocue AB

Manufacturer

Hemocue AB