Events

Recall of AED 20 external defibrillators

According to L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), this recall involved a device in France that was produced by Welch Allyn.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Date
    2005-06-13
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/complement-d-information-au-retrait-de-defibrillateurs-externes-welch-allyn
  • Notes / Alerts
    French data is current through early September 2018. All of the data comes from L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), 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 France.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Action
    Following an error in its message broadcast on June 9, 2005, relating to the removal of AED 20 external defibrillators, Welch Allyn informs, in agreement with Afssaps, that the article codes for France end with F (instead of E); it must therefore be read in the attached mail as well as in Annex 1 (09/06/2005) (63 KB). 972200F, 972211F, 972212F, 972213F, 972214F, 972215F, 972216F. Warning of the 09/06/2005

Device

AED 20 external defibrillators

Manufacturer

Welch Allyn
  • Source
    LAANSM