Safety Alert for Pleural Drainage System- PLEUR-EVAC

According to National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), this safety alert involved a device in Colombia that was produced by Teleflex Medical || Hudson Respiratory Care Tecate S. De. R.L. De Cv. || Teleflex Medical De México S. De R.L. De C.V..

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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
    R1705-174
  • Event Number
    2010DM-0005596
  • Date
    2017-05-17
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
  • 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 that the labeling of the device does not include the expiration date, the sterilization method, or other languages other than english, because the expiration date is not indicated on the labeling, there is a possibility that an expired product is used, leading to potential adverse events on patients.