Field Safety Notices about Heater-Cooler

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 LivaNova.

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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
    2016-11-11
  • Event Country
  • 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
    Over the past two years, livanova1 and the broader cardiac surgery community has learned a great deal about a newly-identified infection risk to open-heart surgery patients called nontuberculous mycobacterium (“ntm”). ntm are widespread in nature and are commonly found in the soil, natural water, drinking water distribution systems, and household and building plumbing, especially in recirculating hot water systems in hospitals and apartment buildings. ntm are typically not harmful, but in rare cases may cause infections in very ill patients or individuals with compromised immune systems. as the market leader for heater-cooler devices, livanova is committed to patient safety and supporting the clinical community who use our devices. we take seriously the rare but concerning potential risk of ntm infections. we are committed to ensuring clinician confidence in our heater-cooler devices, which are a critical part of cardiac surgery procedures. in this regard, we would like to provide you with a further update on this important industry issue. .

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