Events

Recall of MED-RX EXTENSION SETS

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by CANADIAN HOSPITAL SPECIALTIES LTD. DOING BUSINESS AS CHS.

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
    77639
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-09-21
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    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.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Benlan inc. is recalling specific lots of the med-rx 10-1014 minibore tubing with slide clamp product because it may have been manufactured with a microbore inner diameter (id) tubing instead of a minibore id tubing which may lead to difficulties when using the device.

Device

MED-RX EXTENSION SETS

Manufacturer

CANADIAN HOSPITAL SPECIALTIES LTD. DOING BUSINESS AS CHS