Events

Recall of BD Whitacre and BD Yale 25G spinal needles

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
    2005-04-11
  • 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-d-aiguilles-spinales-bd-whitacre-et-bd-yale-25g-becton-dickinson
  • 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
    The company BECTON DICKINSON withdraws from the market references and batches (specified in the appendix in the reminder message) of the medical device called BD Whitacre and BD Yale 25G spinal needles following reports of leaks at the plastic base. company has directly notified the recipients of the incriminated lots with the message attached (11/04/2005) (25 KB) validated by Afssaps. This information is addressed to the directors of health establishments, pharmacists and local correspondents of materiovigilance for dissemination, where appropriate to the services concerned .. The relevant European Competent Authorities are informed of this measure by the manufacturer. / 04/2005

Device

BD Whitacre and BD Yale 25G spinal needles
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    BECTON DICKINSON

Manufacturer

BECTON DICKINSON