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Recall of Henry Schein Shalfoon Endo Mixer

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Hygenic Corporation.

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
    22650
  • Event Initiated Date
    2018-02-22
  • 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: Henry Schein New Zealand, 23 William Pickering Drive, Albany, North Shore City, Auckland
  • Reason
    The manufacturer has become aware that the buchanan heat pluggers are overheating only while used with the elements obturation unit (eou) and not with other systems such as elements free or system b.
  • Action
    Product to be returned to supplier

Device

Henry Schein Shalfoon Endo Mixer
  • Model / Serial
    Model: , Affected: KE-9520003, KE-9520004, KE-9520005, KE-9520006, KE-9520007, KE-9520031, KE-9730219
  • Manufacturer
    Hygenic Corporation

Manufacturer

Hygenic Corporation
  • Source
    NZMMDSA