Events

Rappel de PORT-A-CATH II DUAL LUMEN SYSTEM

Selon Health Canada (via FOI), ce/cet/cette rappel concerne un dispositif en/au/aux/à Canada qui a été fabriqué par SMITHS MEDICAL CANADA LTD. (SIMS).

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

Une correction ou un retrait opéré par un fabricant afin de répondre à un problème causé par un dispositif médical. Les rappels surviennent lorsqu'un dispositif médical est défectueux, lorsqu'il pourrait poser un risque pour la santé, ou les deux à la fois.

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  • Type d'événement
    Recall
  • ID de l'événement
    24072
  • Classe de risque de l'événement
    II
  • Date de mise en oeuvre de l'événement
    2013-09-06
  • Pays de l'événement
    Canada
  • Source de l'événement
    HC
  • Notes / Alertes
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, 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 Canada.
  • Notes supplémentaires dans les données
  • Cause
    Since august 2009 smiths medical has received a total of 3 complaints regarding the introducer sheath and the introducer opening being too small for the width of the catheter experienced with port-a-cath and port-a-cath ii implantable venous and arterial access systems and introducer sets. there have been no reports of patient injury or death associated with this issue. investigation of this issue has identified the root cause to be related to the incorrect size introducer being used in several lots of finished goods. an in-depth investigation concluded that the incorrect introducer size was limited to 1 component part (from st. jude medical) which were put into production of 36 smiths medical finished goods lot numbers.

Device

PORT-A-CATH II DUAL LUMEN SYSTEM
  • Modèle / numéro de série
    Model Catalog: 21-8052-24 (Lot serial: 1971572)
  • Description du dispositif
    Port-A-Cath II Implantable Venous Access System
  • Manufacturer
    SMITHS MEDICAL CANADA LTD. (SIMS)

Manufacturer

SMITHS MEDICAL CANADA LTD. (SIMS)
  • Adresse du fabricant
    MARKHAM
  • Société-mère du fabricant (2017)
    Smiths Group Plc
  • Source
    HC