Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de MEDLINE Sterile Needle Counter

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por Medline Industries Inc.

¿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
    80017
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1934-2018
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2018-04-24
  • Estado del evento
    Open, Classified
  • País del evento
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Needle, suturing, disposable - Product Code GAB
  • Causa
    The product packaging seal has the potential to experience seal creep. this may result in gaps to be created in the seals of the packaging and may impact the sterility of the needle counters.
  • Acción
    Medline sent an Urgent Recall letter dated April 24, 2018. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. Customer were instructed to check inventory, quarantine all affected product and return completed enclosed response form. Those consignees who further distributed the product were directed to notify their customers. For question contact 866-359-1704.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Lot Numbers: 67016114502 67016124501 67016124502 67016124507 67017014501 67017024502 67017034501 67017034503 67017064502 67017074502 67017084502 67017084503 67017094501 67017094503 67017094505 67017104501 67017114501 67017114502
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    1
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of: Canada, Saudi Arabia, Cayman Island, and United Arab Emirates
  • Descripción del producto
    MEDLINE O.R. Necessities(TM) Sterile* Needle Counter, 100 Ct. Double Magnet / Foam Block with Blade Remover, reorder: NC100FBR || Product Usage: || A needle counter is intended to be used safely and easily accounting for used, disposable surgical sharps during a surgical procedure. The product does not come in contact with the surgical site or the patient.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Medline Industries Inc, Three Lakes Drive, Northfield IL 60093
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA