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Avanos Medical faces Class I recall due to the feeding tube system's connection to 23 deaths.

The FDA has issued the most severe of warnings in relation to the recall of Avanos Medical’s Enteral Feeding Tube Positioning System.

Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System has an electromagnetic stylet and an external receiver. It also has an LCD monitor. feeding tube placement The system, when combined with the display monitor, allows live video of the medical feeding tube being placed into the stomach of a patient.

Cortrak 2 eternal access system Avanos has announced a recall earlier this month of every Cortrak*2 device that was used between January 20,21 until January 20,22. https://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/PageRedirect.aspx?redirectedurl=https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/avanos-medical-faces-class-i-recall-feeding-tube-system-linked-23-deaths-2015 Avanos Mediacal Cortrak 2 https://farangmart.co.th/author/avanos-medicalbowg227/ It involved nearly 630 devices.

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The safety event isn't a recall in its literal sense: Avanos does not ask healthcare providers to return the devices back to the manufacturers. Instead, it wants to ensure they're using the devices correctly.

If a feeding tube is placed incorrectly and is not properly inserted, it can cause damage to the vocal cords, lungs, or trachea and cause severe injury or death. According to the FDA, Avanos received reports of 23 deaths, and 60 injuries, as of 2015, all of which were related to FDA's use of the Cortrak*2 system to aid in the placement of the feeding tube.

The most common injuries include respiratory failure and collapsed lung as well as lung infections. holes in the walls the esophagus and lungs.

In the field correction notice of March 21, announcement, the Georgia-based firm warned users to "confirm placement of nasogastric and Nasoenteric tubes as per guidelines of the institution" according to the FDA. Avanos asked users to add the safety announcement to the system's operation manual and confirm that they have notified Avanos that the change was accepted.

Avanos announced that they'll soon release new labeling on the device. It will include the direction to place tubes according to their guidelines.

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This is the FDA's second warning about enteral feeding tube use. The FDA released a safety communication in February warning healthcare professionals and parents about the danger of strangulation if children are using feeding tubes.

The announcement followed two instances of death in 2021. In both instances the tubing system was found to have inadvertently wrapped around the neck of a child under the age of two when they weren't directly watched by the staff members or caregivers.

"While the FDA considers that strangulation caused by tubes for feeding tubes in the gastrointestinal tract of children is unlikely to result in fatal injury or death caregivers and healthcare professionals must be aware of the possibility," the FDA stated in the notice. The FDA also stated that similar incidents could not have been reported to the FDA.


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