Events

Recall of Gastrostomy probes FASTRAC

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 BARD France.

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
    2009-01-15
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/rappel-de-lots-de-plateaux-pour-sondes-de-gastrostomie-fastrac-bard-france
  • 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
    On 13/01/09, BARD FRANCE withdrew from the market the batches of the reference mentioned in the appendix of the recall message (15/01/2009) (217 ko), of the medical device called plateau for gastrostomy probes FASTRAC more to complaints following the detachment of the lasso loop insertion son intended for the installation of gastrostomy probes. BARD France has directly notified the recipients of the incriminated lots with the help of the attached message validated by Afssaps. This information is addressed to the directors and correspondents of materiovigilance for diffusion if necessary to the services concerned. The relevant European Competent Authorities are informed of this measure by the manufacturer.

Device

Gastrostomy probes FASTRAC
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    BARD France

Manufacturer

BARD France