Events

Field Safety Notices about Acuvue

According to Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), this field safety notices involved a device in Slovenia that was produced by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, 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
    2017-10-26
  • Event Country
    Slovenia
  • Event Source
    AMPMDRS
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from Slovenia is current through February 2019. All of the data comes from the Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), 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 Slovenia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Jjvc has opted for voluntary recall in order to provide customers with the highest quality products. we received a number of validated bristle reports found under the blister foil. the bristles in question were part of a cleaning brush that is regularly used in our production process. we replaced the brush with alternative, safety-tested equipment. there are no reports of side effects, as users noticed the bristle when opening the blister.   the local competent authority was informed of the recall.

Device

Acuvue

Manufacturer

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.