FDA Recall Terminated

HUDSON RCI, Variable Concentration, Large Volume Nebulizer, Catalog Number (REF) 1770 and 41770, Rx Only, Teleflex Medical, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.

Recall: Z-0211-2008 · Initiated August 22, 2007

Recall

Recall Number
Z-0211-2008
Event Number
45426
FEI Number
3005747797
Product Code
CAF
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Release of Material/Component prior to receiving test results
Initiated
August 22, 2007
Posted
December 28, 2007
Terminated
August 13, 2012
Address
4024 Stirrup Creek Dr, Teleflex Creek Dr, Durham, NC, 27703-9000

Description

HUDSON RCI, Variable Concentration, Large Volume Nebulizer, Catalog Number (REF) 1770 and 41770, Rx Only, Teleflex Medical, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.

Reason

Decreased in flow output; through the nebulizer -(when used at higher oxygen concentration settings, this decrease in flow, may lower the oxygen concentration inspired by the patient)

Action

Customers were notified by an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter on/about 08/22/2007. They were instructed to return the affected products to Teleflex Medical or acknowledge that the products no longer exist. In addition, each were instructed to forward the letter if they have further distributed into institutional settings or to homecare patients and retrieve relevant product from those locations. This recall is to the consumer/user level via sub-recall from distributors or direct accounts as per the Recalling firm.

Distribution

Worldwide: USA, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and The United Kingdom.

Quantity

215,656 units