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Safety Alert for Valleylab electrosurgical generators

According to National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), this safety alert involved a device in Colombia that was produced by New Deantronics Taiwan Ltd || Covidien Medical Products (Shanghai) Manufacturing Llc || Covidien || Covidien Llc || Accellent 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
    R1607-293
  • Event Number
    2008EBC-0001750 ; 2008EBC-0002986
  • Date
    2016-07-18
  • Event Country
    Colombia
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
    https://app.invima.gov.co/alertas/dispositivos-medicos-invima?page=132
  • 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 an alteration in the packaging causing a violation of the sterile barrier, leading to the occurrence of possible adverse events on patients.

Device

Valleylab electrosurgical generators

Manufacturer

New Deantronics Taiwan Ltd || Covidien Medical Products (Shanghai) Manufacturing Llc || Covidien ...
  • Source
    NIDFSINVIMA