Events

Recall of Active Care 1015-1 Swivel Sliding Transfer Bench

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Active Medical Supplies Pty Ltd.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2013-RN-00711-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-07-16
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2013-RN-00711-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, 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 Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    It has been reported that failure or cracking of the seat is visible once the transfer bench has been pulled apart. signs of the plastic cracking around the bolt creating a weak point in the frame and the potential for a similar incident to occur.This recall action was carried out prior to approval of the recall strategy by the tga.
  • Action
    Active Medical Supplies are completing a modification to affected devices to correct the issue.

Device

Active Care 1015-1 Swivel Sliding Transfer Bench

Manufacturer

Active Medical Supplies Pty Ltd