Events

Recall of Draeger Fabius Tiro Anaesthetic Workstation

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA.

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
  • Event ID
    15124
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-08-13
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Draeger New Zealand Ltd, Unit 4, 24 Bishop Dunn Place, East Tamaki, Auckland 2013
  • Reason
    Some units did not pass the high voltage final test during the final checking of the fabius in our production facility. investigations carried out revealed that on some power supply units from a particular batch, the required minimum clearance between an electrical component and the unit housing was not maintained. under the influence of mechanical forces (e.G., movement of the device), this may result in small bypass currents flowing in the interior of the unit which in extreme cases cause failure of the automatic ventilation function of the device.
  • Action
    Product to be modified

Device

Draeger Fabius Tiro Anaesthetic Workstation

Manufacturer

Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA