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This issue has led to sixty injuries and 23 deaths.
Avanos Medical feeding tube The FDA has identified this as an Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. Avanos Medical These devices could lead to severe injuries or even death.
Sam Brusco, Associate Editor05.16.22
The FDA has identified Avanos Medical's recall of their Cortrak*2 intramuscular accessibility system. 629 of the devices produced between 2016 until 2022 were recalls, the first recall taking place on the 21st of March.
Cortrak*2 assists clinicians in placing medical feeding tubes inside the stomach or small bowels of patients that need to be fed through the tube.
Cortrak 2 eternal access system The recall was initiated due to reports of injury and even death among patients after the incorrect placement of gastric or nasocentric tubes. https://www.medtechdive.com/news/avanos-medical-recall-class-i/623892/ The device is used to place the tubes. https://avanos.com/investor-news/response-to-inquiries-about-the-avanos-cortrak-2-voluntary-field-correction/ Incorrectly inserting a Nasogastric or Nasoenteric tube could cause severe injuries or even death.
Avanos Medical feeding tube According to Avanos, there have been more than 60 injuries and 23 death in connection with this issue. The adverse events that were reported include respiratory failure, pneumothorax, perforation, pneumonia and pleural effusion.
https://dailyhornet.com/2022/feeding-tube-placement-devices-recalled-after-23-deaths-reported/ Cortrak 2 eternal access system The recall is being leveraged to revise Cortrak*2's guidelines on use and intended use and instructing users to confirm the placement of the tube according to protocol guidelines before making use of the tube to provide nutritional supplements.
Clinicians are also advised to attach the field-correction notice to the operating manual and return the acknowledgement form included with the notification to Avanos. The users will shortly receive an update to the labeling and confirmation that the tubes were placed in accordance with institution policy.
Read More: https://americanews.news/avanos-medical-recalls-cortrak-2-enteral-access-system-for-risk-of-misplaced-enteral-tubes-could-cau-14041.html
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