Events

Recall of Central venous catheters BD Hydrocath, BD Careflow, Seldy DB Seldy and kits of percutaneous introduction BD Exacta

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
    2003-09-01
  • 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
  • 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 the references and the batches (specified in the appendix (01/09/2003) (13 ko)) of medical devices called central venous catheters BD Hydrocath, BD Careflow, Seldy DB Seldy and kits of percutaneous introduction BD Exacta following an increase in worldwide materiovigilance reports, reporting cases of partial disruption of the J-introduction guides provided with these catheters or in the percutaneous introducer kit. These devices are used in particular in the departments of anesthesia and resuscitation, intensive care and cardiology). The recipients concerned are notified directly by the manufacturer or distributor of these devices. For more details, attached the message (01/09/2003) (1 kb) sent by the company BECTON DICKINSON to users.

Device

Central venous catheters BD Hydrocath, BD Careflow, Seldy DB Seldy and kits of percutaneous intro...
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    BECTON DICKINSON

Manufacturer

BECTON DICKINSON