Events

Safety Alert for Surgical instruments SYMMETRY

According to National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), this safety alert involved a device in Colombia that was produced by Symmetry Surgical, Inc. || Specialty Surgical Instrumentation, 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
    R1401-42
  • Event Number
    2013DM-0009907
  • Date
    2014-01-31
  • Event Country
    Colombia
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
    https://app.invima.gov.co/alertas/dispositivos-medicos-invima?page=211
  • 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
    It was stated by the manufacturer that the devices stored in the aforementioned containers, may have lost their status as sterile, because they do not guarantee the maintenance of the sterility barrier in an effective and safe way, leading to the generation of possible adverse events on the patient.

Device

Surgical instruments SYMMETRY

Manufacturer

Symmetry Surgical, Inc. || Specialty Surgical Instrumentation, Inc.
  • Source
    NIDFSINVIMA