Events

Safety Alert for Infusion pump CADD

According to National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), this safety alert involved a device in Colombia that was produced by Smiths Medical Asd, 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
    R1710-505
  • Event Number
    2015EBC-0013709
  • Date
    2017-10-30
  • Event Country
    Colombia
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
    https://app.invima.gov.co/alertas/dispositivos-medicos-invima?page=66
  • 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 informs that he has initiated a voluntary withdrawal of determined lots of containers for the storage of medicinescadd, without stopping flow, of 50 and 100 ml, because they could have been manufactured with an incorrect pressure plate, leading to possible delays in the procedures or adverse events on patients.

Device

Infusion pump CADD
  • Model / Serial
    21-7001-24, 21-7002-24 and 21-7100-24, specific serials.
  • Product Description
    The CADD SOLIS ambulatory infusion pump system provides a pharmacotherapy measured in patients in hospital and outpatient settings. The ambulatory infusion pump CADDSOLIS is indicated for intravenous infusion, intraarterial, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, near the nerves, in an intraoperative site (soft tissues, site of the body cavity / surgical wound) and the epidural or subarachnoid spaces. The pump is destined to techniques that require a continuous rate of infusion and / or intermittent unbolo and / or on demand doses controlled by the patient.
  • Manufacturer
    Smiths Medical Asd, Inc.

Manufacturer

Smiths Medical Asd, Inc.