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Avanos Medical faces Class I recall due to feeding tube system connection up to 23 deaths.

After seven years of Avanos Medical's intravenous tube placement device was struck by unlucky luck and mishaps, the FDA issued its most serious directive for a recall.

Cortrak 2 eternal access system Avanos Medical The Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System includes an electromagnetic stylet, an external receiver and a display monitor. The system provides a live feed of medical tubes being placed in patients' stomachs or small bowels. This permits an improvement in tip placement precision and reduction of complications.

Avanos has announced the recall earlier in the month of all Cortrak*2 device that were used between January 20,21 until January 20,22. Avanos Mediacal Cortrak 2 The recall involved more than 630 devices.

Avanos Mediacal Cortrak 2 Cortrak 2 eternal access system The safety issue isn't an recall, in the literal sense. Avanos doesn’t ask healthcare providers to return the devices at the factory. Avanos wants them to make use of the devices in a safe manner.

A feeding tube improperly installed can cause harm to vocal cords, or tracheas. In fact, Avanos has received reports of 23 deaths and 60 injuries since the year 2015 according to the FDA declared, all of which were related to the use of the Cortrak*2 system that guides the installation of a feeding tube.

Some of the injuries reported include respiratory failure and collapsed lung, lung infections, pleural effusion and holes in the walls, esophagus, bowel, and lungs.

Avanos Medical The FDA issued a 21 March field correction notice that the Georgia-based company reminded users to confirm the placement of nasogastric tubes and Nasoenteric pipes in accordance with institutional policies. Avanos asked that patients include the safety warning and confirm with Avanos they've been updated.

Avanos has announced that they will shortly issue new labels for the product. It will also include the directions for locating the tube according to their facility's policies.

Avanos Medical feeding tube This is the FDA’s second caution in relation to tube feeding through the stomach. In February, the FDA issued a safety announcement informing healthcare professionals and parents of the risk of strangulation in children who use feeding tubes.

The notice was issued due to two deaths reported in 2021. In each instance the tubing system was discovered to have inadvertently wrapped around the neck of a child younger than 2 even though they were not being watched by the medical staff or caregivers.

"While FDA believes strangulation of children with enteral feeding set tubes is uncommon in children caregivers and healthcare professionals should be aware of the fact that such events can and will occur," the FDA said in its notice. They also said that the FDA may have not yet received reports of similar cases.


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