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Avanos Medical is facing a Class I recall due to problems with the feeding tube system that have led to the deaths of 23 patients in the last year.

After seven years of shaky results with the Avanos Medical's feeding tube placement device for children, the FDA has issued the most severe warning about the recall of the device.

Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System has an electromagnetic stylet as well as an external receiver. It also comes with the capability of displaying a screen monitor. The system gives a live stream of medical tube feeding that are inserted in patients' stomachs or small bowels. This permits the increase in the accuracy of tip placement and the elimination of any complications.

Avanos Medical feeding tube Despite this mission it has been linked to many injuries sustained by patients that led Avanos to issue an recall earlier in the year of all Cortrak*2 devices used between January 2021 and January 2022--totaling more than 630 devices that were distributed between April 2016 until the beginning of this year.

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The incident that caused the safety issue is not considered to be the occurrence of a recall. Avanos has asked healthcare providers not to send the devices back at the manufacturer. However, they want to make sure they are making use of the devices.

https://list.ly/washingtonhopkins361 A feeding tube that isn't properly inserted could result in serious injury or even death. Avanos Mediacal Cortrak 2 Avanos recorded 60 injuries and 23 deaths since 2015, FDA declared. All of these incidents were connected to the FDA's Cortrak*2 system used to place a feeding tube.

Numerous injuries have been reported which include respiratory failure (collapsed lung), lung infection and holes within the esophagus's walls.

According to FDA, Georgia-based company advised users in the March 21 Field Correction Notice to "confirm the use of nasogastric tubes and Nasoenteric tubes in accordance with institutional guidelines". Avanos asked users to include the safety notice in the system's operation manual and verify that they have notified Avanos that the update was approved.

Avanos has indicated that it will soon issue a new label for its device. The labeling will contain directions to determine the location of the tube in line with their policies for their facilities.

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This is the second warning the FDA has issued this year with regard to the use of enteral feeding tubes. In February, the agency put out an safety communication to inform healthcare professionals and parents of the risk of strangulation when children use tubes for feeding.

In the wake of two deaths reported in 2021, this warning was released. A tubing system wasn't being controlled by caregivers or staff wrapped around the necks and necks of infants under two years old.

"While the FDA believes that deaths or serious injuries caused by strangulation caused by enteral food set tubing for children are rare healthcare professionals and caregivers should know that such events could and will occur," the FDA noted in its notice.


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