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Field Safety Notices about PFNA—ll, DFN, 8: PFN Nails, PFNA & PFNA-ll Blades, and PFNA & PFNA-II End Cap Extensions

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 Synthes GmbH.

What is this?

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
  • 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
    It was discovered that the above part and lot numbers may have the incorrect anodized color. potential hazard: an implant with the incorrect anodized color would not cause harm to the patient. if the user identifies the nonconformity during surgery. marginal surgical delay may occur an alternate implant is located. please note that pfna. pfna—ii, dfn. & pfn na , pfna & pfna—ll blades, and pfna & pfnacil end cap extensions were manufactured correctly. with the exception of the anodized coding. .

Device

PFNA—ll, DFN, 8: PFN Nails, PFNA & PFNA-ll Blades, and PFNA & PFNA-II End Cap Extensions

Manufacturer

Synthes GmbH