Events

Recall of BD Hydrocath / BD Careflow central venous catheters / BD Exacta introductory kits

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 BECTON DICKINSON.

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
    2003-09-04
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/retrait-de-lots-de-catheters-veineux-centraux-de-la-societe-becton-dickinson-erratum
  • 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
    Erratum concerning the recall of batches from 01/09/2003 of BD Hydrocath / BD Careflow central venous catheters / BD Exacta introductory kits. Two corrections must be made to the summary table of the batch numbers concerned. In the Hydrocath ™ product range. Ref: 681060, to add the following lot number: 21002. Ref: 681118, replace the lot number 210019 by the 21101. Replace the reference 680168 by the reference 681068 .. The corrected table attached (01/09/2003 ) (13 KB) concerning all these references was updated on 04/09/2003.

Device

BD Hydrocath / BD Careflow central venous catheters / BD Exacta introductory kits
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    BECTON DICKINSON

Manufacturer

BECTON DICKINSON