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Field Safety Notices about CytoSorb

According to ALIMS (Agencija za lekove i medicinska sredstva), this field safety notices involved a device in Serbia that was produced by CYTOSORBENTS INC..

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Field safety notices are communications sent out by medical device manufacturers or their representatives in relation to actions that they may be taking in relation to their product that is on the market. These are mainly for health workers, but also for users. They can include recalls and alerts.

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  • Type of Event
    Field Safety Notice
  • Date
    2015-12-22
  • Event Date Posted
    2016-02-19
  • Event Country
    Serbia
  • Event Source
    ALIMSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.alims.gov.rs/latin/2016/02/19/vazno-obavestenje-o-medicinskom-sredstvu-4/
  • Notes / Alerts
    Serbian data is current through February 2018. All of the data comes from ALIMS (Agencija za lekove i medicinska sredstva), 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 Serbia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    This is to inform you about the possible incompability of cytosrob adsorbers with inhalable anesthetic gas, nitric oxide(n2o).This combination is associated with the death of three pigs in an animal study using cytosorb adsorbers for an indication that has not yet received the ce mark.To our knowledge, there are no reported adverse events associated with this combination in human treatments.

Device

CytoSorb

Manufacturer

CYTOSORBENTS INC.