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Avanos Medical is facing a Class I recall due to issues with the feeding tube system which have led to the deaths of 23 patients since the year 2015.

After seven years of Avanos Medical's tube placement device was struck by unfortunate luck, the FDA issued its most serious order to issue a recall.

Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System has an electromagnetic stylet as well as an external receiver. It also includes an LCD monitor. When used together the system provides a live feed of the placement of the medical feeding tube in a patient's stomach or small bowel, with the intention of improving the accuracy of the tube's tip placement and reducing the chance of complications.

Avanos Medical Avanos Medical feeding tube Avanos was not satisfied with the mission and launched a recall of all Cortrak*2 units used between January 2021 & January 2022. The recall affected approximately 630 units that were distributed between April 2016 & the start of this year.

The incident that caused the safety issue does not constitute an recall. Avanos has asked healthcare providers to not return the devices to their manufacturers. Avanos Medical feeding tube Avanos only wants to ensure that the devices are properly used.

A tube for feeding that has not been correctly inserted can cause serious injury or even death. In fact, Avanos has received reports of 23 deaths and 60 injuries in the last year The FDA declared that all of them were related to the the Cortrak*2 system to guide the installation of a feeding tube.

These injuries could include respiratory failure, collapsed lungs lung infections, and holes in the lung's walls and the esophagus.

In the March 21 field correction note, the Georgia-based business advised users to "confirm placement of nasogastric and nasoenteric tubes according to institutional policies," per the FDA. They've also been asked to attach the safety warning to the operating manual of the system and to confirm with Avanos that they received the updated.

Avanos said it will soon issue updated labeling for the device. Cortrak 2 eternal access system It will include the direction to determine a tube's placement in accordance the policies of their facility prior to making use of the system to assist set up the tube.

This is the FDA’s second warning regarding enteral-feeding tubes. feeding tube placement The FDA released a safety announcement in February that warned healthcare professionals and parents of the potential for strangulation of children who feed tubes.

This notice was issued due to two deaths in 2021. In each instance the tubing system was found to have inadvertently wrapped around the neck of a patient under the age of two while they weren't being directly monitored by staff members or caregivers.

"While FDA believes that death from strangulation resulting from tubing for feeding tubes used in the enteral system for children is rare but it is important that healthcare providers and caregivers are aware that events like this occur," the FDA stated in the announcement. The FDA suggested that similar incidents might not have been reported.


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