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Avanos Medical faces Class I recall for the feeding tube system that has been associated with 23 deaths since 2015.

After seven years of failures for Avanos Medical's Enteral Feeding Tube Placement Systems The FDA has assigned the most severe class for recalls.

The Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System includes an electromagnetic stylet as well as an external receiver, and a display monitor. When used together with the display monitor, the system provides a live stream of the medical tube being placed in the stomach of the patient.

Avanos announced a recall earlier in the year for all Cortrak*2 devices which were in use between January 2021 and January 2022. Avanos Mediacal Cortrak 2 The total number of affected devices was 630. devices. They were distributed for the first time between April 2016 and the beginning of the year.

The safety incident isn’t an recall, in the literal sense. https://mooc.elte.hu/eportfolios/702365/Home/Cortrak_2_EAS_by_Avanos_Medical_Increases_Patient_Safety Avanos doesn’t ask healthcare providers to return the devices at the factory. Avanos wants them to utilize the devices properly.

https://coderwall.com/p/zgetua/cortrak-2-eas-of-avanos-medical-raise-safety-concerns A feeding tube that is not correctly inserted can cause serious injuries and even cause death. Avanos has reported more than 60 injury cases since 2015 as per the FDA. This is all due to the FDA's Cortrak*2 system, which guides the placement of feeding tubes.

The reported injuries include respiratory failure, lung collapse, lung infection, pleural effusion, and holes in the lungs' walls as well as the esophagus and bowel.

The FDA reminded users that they need to confirm the placement of nasogastric or nasoenteric tube in accordance with their institution policies in its March 21 field correction notice. Avanos has also asked them to add the safety notice to the operating manual for the device and verify that they have received the latest update.

Avanos stated that it will shortly issue a updated labeling for its device. It will also include instructions to map the placement of the tube according to the policies of their facility.

This is the second FDA warning of the year for enteral feeding tubes. In February, the FDA issued an safety advisory to parents and healthcare providers about the risk of strangulation among children who use feeding tubes.

https://www.openlearning.com/u/maddencheek-rga67y/blog/AvanosMedicalIsFacingAClassIRecallDueToFeedingTubeSystemMalfunctionsThatHaveResultedIn23DeathsSinceTheYear2015 Avanos Medical feeding tube The warning came following two deaths were reported in 2021. In both cases the tubing device was found to have been inadvertently wrapped around neck of patient under 2 years old while they were not supervised by caregivers or hospital workers.

"While the FDA believes that the risk of serious injury or death caused by strangulation from enteral feeding set tubing in children is rare Healthcare professionals and their caregivers need to be aware that these events can and do occur," the agency said in its notice warning that similar incidents may not had been reported to the FDA.

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