Events

Safety Alert for Apheresis Equipment

According to National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), this safety alert involved a device in Colombia that was produced by Terumo Bct Inc.

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Alerts provide important information and recommendations about products. Even though an alert has been issued, it does not necessarily mean a product is considered to be unsafe. Safety Alerts, addressed to health workers and users, may include recalls. They can be written by manufacturers, but also by health officials.

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  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event ID
    I1706-252
  • Event Number
    2010EBC-0005501
  • Date
    2017-06-27
  • Event Country
    Colombia
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
    https://app.invima.gov.co/alertas/dispositivos-medicos-invima?page=81
  • Notes / Alerts
    Colombian data is current through June 2019. All of the data comes from the National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), 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 Colombia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    The manufacturer reports that it has detected the possibility of a loss of power supply loss, the subsequent investigation due to a defect in the current cut filter, leading to possible adverse events and delays in the procedures.

Device

Apheresis Equipment
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    Equipment used with patients or donors that require apheresis procedures such as plateletpheresis, leukapheresis, plasmapheresis, hemapheresis, among others.
  • Manufacturer
    Terumo Bct Inc

Manufacturer

Terumo Bct Inc