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Avanos Medical is facing a Class I recall due to issues with the feeding tube system which have caused 23 deaths in the last year.

Seven years after unlucky luck for the Enteral Feeding Tube Placement System The FDA has issued its most serious designation for a recall of the device.

Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System features an electromagnetic stylet that includes an external receiver, a display monitor and an electronic receiver. In combination with the display monitor, the system provides live streaming of the medical feed tube as it is placed into the patient's stomach.

Avanos was not satisfied with the mission and launched an immediate recall of all Cortrak*2 units between January 2021 and January 2022. feeding tube placement The recall included more than 630 units distributed in total between April 2016 and the beginning this year.

The safety incident isn't a recall in its literal meaning: Avanos does not ask health professionals to return the devices back to the manufacturers. Instead, it would like to make sure they are using the devices correctly.

A feeding tube that is not correctly placed can result in serious injuries or even death. Avanos reported the number of injuries to patients and deaths to patients in 2015, the FDA said. All of these were related to FDA's Cortrak*2 system used to place the feeding tube.

There are a variety of injuries that have been documented, including respiratory failure, lung infections and collapsed lung.

Avanos Medical feeding tube The FDA issued a March 21 field correction notice that the Georgia-based company reminded users to verify the positioning of nasogastric tube and Nasoenteric pipes in accordance with institutional policies. Avanos Medical Avanos is also asking them to attach the safety note to the operating manual for the device and verify that they've received the updated.

Avanos has announced that they will soon issue a new label for the product. It will also include the instructions for the location of a tube in accordance with their policies for facilities.

Avanos Medical feeding tube This is the second warning the FDA has issued this year with regard to enteral feeding tubes. The FDA published an entry-level safety message in February, advising healthcare professionals and parents about the possibility of strangulation in children who feed tubes.

In the wake of two deaths in 2021, the notification was issued. Avanos Medical feeding tube In both cases the tubing device was found to be wrapped around the necks of patients who were less than 2 years old when they were not supervised by their caregivers or hospital personnel.

"While the FDA believes that death or serious injury caused by strangulation from tubing for enteral feeding in children is uncommon, healthcare providers and their caregivers need to be aware that these events could and do happen," the agency said in the notice, suggesting that other similar incidents may not had been reported to the FDA.


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