Events

Recall of COVIDIEN fittings and syringes

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 COVIDIEN;GUERBET;BAYER.

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
    2012-03-07
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/accessoires-jetables-d-imagerie-raccords-et-seringues-covidien-rappel-de-lots
  • 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
    Afssaps has been informed of the implementation of a recall of lots of disposable imaging accessories - COVIDIEN fittings and syringes distributed by the GUERBET and BAYER laboratories. The concerned recipients were informed by the GUERBET laboratory for the products provided by the latter (07/03/2012) (364 ko) and the BAYER customers were warned directly by COVIDIEN (07/03/2012) (107 KB)

Device

COVIDIEN fittings and syringes

Manufacturer

COVIDIEN;GUERBET;BAYER
  • Source
    LAANSM