Events

Recall of Kaisers KAGS1800 bandage scissor 18cm scissor

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Life Healthcare 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-2018-RN-00149-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2018-02-23
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2018-RN-00149-1
  • 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
    Lifehealthcare has identified that certain stock of the kaiser kags1800 bandage scissors was produced using plastic which was not resistant to autoclaving temperatures.
  • Action
    LifeHealthcare is advising customers to isolate affected items and place in the plastic bag provided with the Customer Letter for collection

Device

Kaisers KAGS1800 bandage scissor 18cm scissor
  • Model / Serial
    Kaisers KAGS1800 bandage scissor 18cm scissorManufacturing dates: 08-2017 and 12-2017ARTG Number: 258933(Life Healthcare - Scissors)
  • Manufacturer
    Life Healthcare Pty Ltd

Manufacturer

Life Healthcare Pty Ltd