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Avanos Medical faces a Class I recall over the feeding tube system linked to 23 deaths in 2015.

The FDA has given its most severe warning in relation to the recall of Avanos Medical's enteral feeding tube positioning system.

Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System consists of an electromagnetic stylet, an external receiver with a display monitor. The system, when used together, provides live video of the medical feed tube being placed in the stomach of a 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 Medical It was nearly 630 devices. They were distributed for the first time between April 2016 to the beginning of 2016.

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The safety event isn't a recall in the strict sense of the word: Avanos is not asking healthcare professionals to send the devices back to the manufacturer, but to ensure that they're using them correctly.

Incorrectly inserting the tube could cause damage to vocal cords or lungs. In fact, Avanos has received reports of more than 60 injuries since 2015, the FDA said, all of which were linked to the the Cortrak*2 system to guide the installation of a feeding tube.

Many different injuries have been documented, such as respiratory failure (collapsed lung) lung infection, holes inside the esophagus and walls.

feeding tube placement The FDA has reminded patients of the need to verify that they have placed a nasogastric tube according to their institutional guidelines in the March 21 field correction notification. Avanos Medical Avanos has also asked users to attach the safety note to the operating guideline of the system and confirm that they've received the update.

Avanos said it would shortly issue new labels to the device. Avanos Medical These will include the direction of how to position a tube, according to their policies.

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This is the FDA's second warning in relation to tube feeding through the stomach. In February, the FDA published the safety communications warning parents and healthcare professionals of the possibility of strangulation resulting from the usage of tubes for feeding by children.

Avanos Medical This notice was issued due to two deaths in 2021. Each time, the notice was followed by two deaths in 2021.

"The FDA believes that strangulation via enteral feed set tubing children is rare, however, healthcare professionals and caregivers have to be aware that such events can and do occur," the agency stated in its notice. This suggests that similar instances could not have been reported to FDA.

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