Field Safety Notices about WECK Visistat 35W

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 Teleflex Medical.

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
  • Date
    2016-11-21
  • 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
    Teleflex has announced a recall for this product due to incomplete sealing of sterile packaging. therefore, the sterility of the product is not guaranteed. if you use a non-sterile product, there is a risk of infection. due to this problem, no cases of patient injury have been reported.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    73C1600693 73G1500681 73H1500255 73H1500256 73K1500618 73L1400006 73M1500130
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer