Recall of Unomedical Feeding Tubes

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Convatec Australia 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-2014-RN-00278-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-03-17
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
  • 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
    The instructions for use for the unomedical feeding tubes do not include information on acceptable maximum duration of use.
  • Action
    ConvaTec is notifying their customers that the instructions for use are being updated to include an indication of the appropriate maximum duration of use.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Unomedical Feeding TubesProduct Codes: 12024182, 12025182, 12027182, 12028182, 12030182, 12033182, 12110182, 12111182, 12112182, 12113182, 12116182, 12117182, 12118182 & 12119182ARTG Number: 185783
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer