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.
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Recalling Organisation: Johnson & Johnson Medical New Zealand Ltd, 507 Mt Wellington Highway, Mt Wellington, AUCKLAND 1060
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The manufacturer advises that the possibility exists that damage to the packaging may have compromised the sterility of the device.
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.
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Recalling Organisation: Obex Medical Ltd, 303 Manukau Road, Epsom, AUCKLAND
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The manufacturer has advised that some resorbable sutures supplied with these device are degrading prior to the expiration of the labeled shelf life.
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.
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Recalling Organisation: Philips New Zealand Commercial Limited, Level 3, 123 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket, AUCKLAND 1023
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Philips advises that the stereo clutch of the gantry might get misadjusted or its bearing might break during operation. this might cause the object table to move, resulting in a small potential risk that the table may move with the tube arm in a situation when this should not happen, e.G. when the breast is compressed and a biopsy is performed.
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.
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Recalling Organisation: Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Ltd, 15 Maurice Paykel Place, East Tamaki, AUCKLAND 2013
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Field action initiated due to reports of anaesthetic delivery tubing found to have holes in them.
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.
ICU Medical, Inc. acquired from Pfizer in early 2017, Hospira Infusion Systems, the portion of Hospira dedicated to develop infusion pumps.
The volume control knob located on the back of the infuser may not function as described in the system operating manual; the direction for loud and quiet may be reversed. the manual indicates a clockwise rotation of the knob decreases the volume, however on some devices the alarm volume increases when the knob is turned clockwise. while the device will continue to alarm with an audible tone of at least 50dba at the lowest level, inadvertently setting a low one may result in an audible alarm that is more difficult to hear.
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.
ICU Medical, Inc. acquired from Pfizer in early 2017, Hospira Infusion Systems, the portion of Hospira dedicated to develop infusion pumps.
The volume control knob located on the back of the infuser may not function as described in the system operating manual; the direction for loud and quiet may be reversed. the manual indicates a clockwise rotation of the knob decreases the volume, however on some devices the alarm volume increases when the knob is turned clockwise. while the device will continue to alarm with an audible tone of at least 50dba at the lowest level, inadvertently setting a low one may result in an audible alarm that is more difficult to hear.
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.
The manufacturer advises there is potential for a mismatch between reagent probe positioning on the cobas c 702 and the aspirated reagent volumes to occur in rare instances and may affect patient and control recovery.
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.
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Recalling Organisation: Philips New Zealand Commercial Limited, Level 3, 123 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket, AUCKLAND 1023
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The manufacturer advises that specific versions of ebw software may cause an incorrect display of patient information/annotation and may lead to misinterpretation. specifically:, 1) when translating the calcium scoring (cs) results into chinese, the percentile is not reported accurately., 2) in the calcium scoring (cs) protocol, the protocol is switched to mass score but the protocol name remains agatston., 3) spline measurement values do not update when adding control point (cp) and when changing the length of the line., 4) in the ct viewer (ctv) pet studies being loaded from remote with slope different than 1, appear incorrectly in 2d scene and are not displayed with the correct suv values., 5) loading pet images in the ct viewer (ctv) \ quick review from remote with slope different than 1, the images with the different slope appear incorrectly with wrong suv values in perception and in qr.
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.
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Recalling Organisation: GE Healthcare Limited, 8 Tangihua Street, Auckland 1010
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The manufacturer advises that the system may lock-up during system usage; the system may stall during the boot cycle; when the image directory is accessed and thumbnail images are used to recall patient images, incorrect images may be displayed or there may be an inability to locate images on the system; failure of the system to display the international standard quantity, air kerma, to describe the radiation output.
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.
The manufacturer advises that some membranes may have enzyme residues on the outer membrane which may cause an initial negative bias on the reported lactate result.
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.
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Recalling Organisation: Johnson & Johnson Medical New Zealand Ltd, 507 Mt Wellington Highway, Mt Wellington, AUCKLAND 1060
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The manufacturer has determined that distributed units of cordis exoseal™ vcd were sterilised using a process that did not achieve the sterility assurance level that is required by the standards for this class of product.
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.
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Recalling Organisation: GE Healthcare Limited, 8 Tangihua Street, Auckland 1010
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The manufacturer advises that the v tachy and v fib alarms are disabled in neonatal mode which could result in a missed lethal arrhythmia alarm and a potentially critical event. other modes and parameters are not affected.
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.
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Recalling Organisation: Law and Accounting Professional Trustees Limited, 336, Jackson Street, Petone
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The manufacturer has advised that boxes of zoo pack elastics labeled to contain packages of kangaroo elastics may contain packages of kangaroo and impala elastics.
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.
The manufacturer advises that size 3..5 stems 3.5 stems may be labelled and size 2.5 stems and vice versa., this applies to specific lots of stems however only one affected product (lot) was ever used and implanted in new zealand : a 2.5 stem .Therefore, this could potentially have had a 3.5 stem inside.
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.
Identified that the machinery used during the manufacturing of these particular products may have caused metal shaving, a residue of the grinding process, to be present in the finished product.To prevent recurrence of this issue the manufacturer is putting in place additional quality checks and quality control processes.
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.
The manufacturer advises that if the lid housing the trs power module opens during an operative procedure the power module can fall into the operative field. because this power module is not sterile the surgical field, and possibly operative instruments, would be contaminated.
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.
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Recalling Organisation: Henry Schein New Zealand, 23 William Pickering Drive, Albany, North Shore City, Auckland
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The manufacturer is updating the instructions for use to include a statement that bioplant material should not be disturbed for a period of 6-9 months after insertion to allow the material to ossify.
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.
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Recalling Organisation: Henry Schein New Zealand, 23 William Pickering Drive, Albany, North Shore City, Auckland
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The manufacturer is updating the instructions for use to include a statement that bioplant material should not be disturbed for a period of 6-9 months after insertion to allow the material to ossify.
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.
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Recalling Organisation: Johnson & Johnson Medical New Zealand Ltd, 507 Mt Wellington Highway, Mt Wellington, AUCKLAND 1060
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The manufacturer has determined that it may not have adequate data to support the entire duration of the labelled shelf-life of product manufactured from february 2008 to december 2011.