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Avanos Medical is facing a Class I recall due to problems with the feeding tube system that have caused 23 deaths since the year 2015.

Seven years after bad luck for Avanos Medical's feed tube system Avanos Medical's enteral feeding tube placement system, the FDA has handed down its most severe designation for recalls of the product.

Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System contains an electromagnetic stylet , as well as an external receiver. The system gives a live stream of medical tube feeding being inserted into patients' stomachs or small bowels. This permits the improvement of tip placement accuracy and the reduction of complications.

https://www.hpra.ie/docs/default-source/field-safety-notices/april-2022/v50968_fsn.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Avanos was not happy with the mission and launched an recall of all Cortrak*2 units used between January 2021 & January 2022. The recall included approximately 630 units distributed in total between April 2016 & the beginning this year.

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The safety incident does not constitute the occurrence of a recall. Avanos has asked healthcare providers to not send the devices back at the expense of the manufacturer. However, they want to make sure they are making use of the devices.

A feeding tube that is not properly placed can cause damage to the vocal cords, lungs, or trachea. This could result in severe injury or death. According to FDA, Avanos received reports of 23 deaths, and 60 injuries, as of 2015, all of them related to the FDA's use of the Cortrak*2 system to aid in the placement of a feeding tub.

Avanos Medical The most common injuries are respiratory failure, lung infections, collapsed lung, pleural effusion, and holes in the lung's walls as well as the esophagus and bowel.

Cortrak 2 eternal access system According to FDA, Georgia-based company reminded users in the March 21 Field Correction Notification to "confirm the placement of nasogastric and Nasoenteric tubes as per the policies of the institution". Avanos Medical feeding tube Avanos Medical feeding tube The company also asked users to attach the safety notice to the operating manual of the system and to confirm with Avanos that they received the latest version of the notice.

Avanos Medical Avanos has announced it will soon issue updated labeling for the device, which will contain the directions to determine the location of the tube in line with their facility's policies before using the system to help set up the tube.

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This is the second FDA warning regarding the use of enteral feeding tubes this year. In February, the FDA published the safety communications informing parents and health professionals of the possibility of strangulation as a result of the use of feeding tubes by children.

After two deaths in 2021, this notice was published. Each time the notice was followed by two deaths in 2021.

"While the FDA believes that serious injury or death from strangulation with tubing for feeding through the enteral system in children is rare Healthcare providers and their caregivers must be aware that such events are possible and can happen," the agency said in its notice and suggested that similar cases may not yet have been reported to the FDA.


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