Events

Safety Alert for Dental instruments

According to Ministry of Health, this safety alert involved a device in Lithuania that was produced by MP Manufacturer Unknown Sender: Satellite Industries, Pakistan.

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Alerts provide important information and recommendations about products. Even though an alert has been issued, it does not necessarily mean a product is considered to be unsafe. Safety Alerts, addressed to health workers and users, may include recalls. They can be written by manufacturers, but also by health officials.

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  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event Number
    7
  • Date
    2015-04-23
  • Event Country
    Lithuania
  • Event Source
    MH
  • Event Source URL
    http://www.vaspvt.gov.lt/node/115
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from Lithuania is current through December 2018. All of the data comes from the Ministry of Health, 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 Lithuania.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    No data on manufacturer's authorized representative in the european economic area; all medical device packages contain product identification information in a language other than the european community, so the information provided on the medical device label cannot be identified. the dental mirror holders and lip retractor in their batches are not labeled with the ce conformity marking.
  • Action
    Disallowed to market

Device

Dental instruments

Manufacturer

MP Manufacturer Unknown Sender: Satellite Industries, Pakistan
  • Manufacturers representative
    UAB Vilniaus Odontologijos centras
  • Source
    MH