Events

Safety Alert for Medical patches

According to Ministry of Health, this safety alert involved a device in Lithuania that was produced by MP Manufacturer Unknown Sender: RFX + CARE Manufacturing Co. Ltd., China.

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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
    11
  • Date
    2015-12-01
  • 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
    Medical devices do not bear the ce conformity marking, the manufacturer and the manufacturer's authorized representative in the european economic area, no batch / serial number, no date (year and month) for safe use of medical devices.
  • Action
    Disallowed to market

Device

Medical patches

Manufacturer

MP Manufacturer Unknown Sender: RFX + CARE Manufacturing Co. Ltd., China
  • Manufacturers representative
    OPPENHEJM & JANSSON A / S, Denmark (delivery of goods by UAB Oppenhejm & Jansson, Panevėžys)
  • Source
    MH