Events

Field Safety Notices about Exact Couch Top

According to Health Products Regulatory Authority, this field safety notices involved a device in Ireland that was produced by Varian Medical Systems.

What is this?

Field safety notices are communications sent out by medical device manufacturers or their representatives in relation to actions that they may be taking in relation to their product that is on the market. These are mainly for health workers, but also for users. They can include recalls and alerts.

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  • Type of Event
    Field Safety Notice
  • Event Number
    SN2009(01)
  • Date
    2009-04-20
  • Event Country
    Ireland
  • Event Source
    HPRA
  • Event Source URL
    http://www.hpra.ie/homepage/medical-devices/safety-information/safety-notices/item?t=/exact-couch-top&id=5c93f825-9782-6eee-9b55-ff00008c97d0
  • Notes / Alerts
    "Irish data is current through April 2019. All of the data comes from the Health Products Regulatory Authority (Ireland), 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 data from the U.S. and Ireland."
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    The potential for patients and healthcare professionals to be injured by catching their fingers at various pinch-points on the exact couch top.  a number of incidents occurred since the distribution of a field safety notice (fsn) highlighting the issue.
  • Action
    Ensure that FSN (reference CP-00019) supplied by Varian Medical Systems is circulated to all users of the Exact couch top. Report any incidents to the IMB.

Device

Exact Couch Top

Manufacturer

Varian Medical Systems