Events

Recall of Easyvision Umere Daily Contact Lenses, -6.50

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Specsavers Optical Superstores Ltd.

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
    18307
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-04-07
  • 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: Specsavers New Zealand Limited, Level 17, 125 The Terrace, Wellington
  • Reason
    The affected lot of product has been incorrectly labelled as -6.50 prescription contact lenses when they contain -4.50 lenses. these lenses were supplied between 1-oct-2014 and 20-feb-2015.
  • Action
    Product to be exchanged

Device

Easyvision Umere Daily Contact Lenses, -6.50

Manufacturer

Specsavers Optical Superstores Ltd