Safety Alert for Trade name: Sheath Prelude Introducer with Needle. Technical name: Introducers. ANVISA registration number: 80740950022. Class of risk: II. Model Affected: PSI-4F-11-018; PSI-4F-11-035; PSI-4F-7-018; PSI-5F-11-018; PSI-5F-7-018; PSI-6F-11-018; PSI-6F-11-035; PSI-6F-23-038; PSI-8F-23-035 .. Serial numbers affected: H802104; H806589; H806563; H829231; H869123; H848212; H861337; H910848; H835834; H869107; H916892; H957657; H964183; H957686; H964253; H985394; H985395; H998662; H998663; H985268; H985169; H971709; H978333; H957674; H991436; H1005204; H1005185; H1005186; H998648; H1014767; H1021017; H1028215; H1021246; H1041894; H888879; H978383; H1028221; H1035120; H1035143; H1035145; H1049148; H964219; H1049127; H1086779; H1064319; H1049137; H1071895; H1117323; H1117324; H1064320; H1070592; H1070597; H1117325; H1102033; H1101832; H1117326; H1125976; H1028219; H1101833; H1133413; H1109361; H1133441; H1117248; H1056694

According to Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA), this safety alert involved a device in Brazil that was produced by Merit Medical Comercialização, Distribuição, Importação e Exportação de Produtos Hospitalares Ltda; Merit Medical System, INC.

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  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event ID
    2469
  • Date
    2018-01-15
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    ANVISA
  • Event Source URL
  • Notes / Alerts
    Brazilian data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from Anvisa, 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 data from the U.S. and Brazil.
  • Extra notes in the data
    The Prelude Sheath Introducer with 18G Needle is reprocessing prohibited because it contains a needle between its components. Prohibited Reprocess. Single Use Product. Discard after use. If you wish to notify technical complaints and adverse events use the following channels: Notivisa: Notices of adverse events (AE) and technical complaints (QT) for products subject to Sanitary Surveillance should be made through the NOTIVISA System. To access the System, you must register and select the Health Professional option, if you are a liberal professional or the Institution / Entity option, if you are a professional of an institution / entity. Technovigilance System: Patient or citizen can notify through the Technovigilance System / SISTEC access through the link Additional information: - Date of identification of the problem by the company: 12/13/2017 - Date of notification notice for Anvisa: 01/15/2018 The company that owns the affected product is responsible for contacting its customers in a timely manner. to ensure the effectiveness of the Field Action in progress. It stands out the joint responsibility of the distribution chain and use of health products in maintaining its quality, safety and efficacy, as well as the effectiveness of the Field Action, expressed by RDC 23/2012: "(...) Art 2 ° A holder of registration of health product is the holder of the registration / registration of health product with Anvisa. Single paragraph. The registration holder, as well as other agents involved from the production to the use of the product, or discarding it when applicable, are jointly and severally responsible for maintaining the quality, safety and efficacy of the health products to the final consumer. Art. 12 Distributors of health products shall forward to the registration holder, in a timely manner, the distribution map and other information requested for the notification and execution of field actions. (...) "
  • Reason
    We received the notice of intention no. 022259 of the health surveillance service of joinville, referring to the labeling of the prelude introductory sheath products with 18g needle. after inspection by covisa and verification that merit labels were correct, we identified that the distributor biomedical produtos científicos, médicos e hospitalares sa, based in belo horizonte / mg, enrolled with the cnpj: 19.848.316 / 0001-66 was adding a label with your data and with the information of "the manufacturer recommends single use" in the products related to registration 80740950020 distributed by them. after discussion, we identified the need for a field action to correct the labels leaving the "prohibit reprocess" information. this action to correct the labels will be carried out by the biomedical distributor and accompanied by merit medical, who holds the records.
  • Action
    Field Action Code 001/17 triggered under the responsibility of the company Merit Medical Commercialization, Distribution, Import and Export of Hospital Products Ltda. Will do label correction