Events

Recall of Neonatal Ventilator

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Maquet Critical Care AB.

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
    22694
  • Event Initiated Date
    2018-03-06
  • 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: Getinge Australia Pty Ltd (NZ), 12 G Andromeda Crescent, East Tamaki, Auckland 2013
  • Reason
    The manufacturer has identified that under certain conditions, an internal communication error might prevent the safety valve to close automatically. as a consequence, ventilation will stop and a high priority alarm, as well as clinical alarms, will be triggered. we are aware of two instances where this issue has caused desaturation but we have no reports of any permanent injuries.
  • Action
    Software to be upgraded

Device

Neonatal Ventilator

Manufacturer

Maquet Critical Care AB
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Getinge AB
  • Source
    NZMMDSA