AirLife Adult Manual Resuscitator, 40" (1.0m) Oxygen Reservoir Tubing, Adult Mask, REF 2K8004
Recall
- Recall Number
- Z-1065-2024
- Event Number
- 93821
- Firm
- Vyaire Medical
- FEI Number
- 3013421741
- Product Code
- BTM
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Root Cause
- Process control
- Initiated
- January 10, 2024
- Posted
- February 25, 2024
- Address
- 26125 N Riverwoods Blvd, Mettawa, IL, 60045-3420
Description
AirLife Adult Manual Resuscitator, 40" (1.0m) Oxygen Reservoir Tubing, Adult Mask, REF 2K8004
Risk of hypoventilation caused by duckbill and ring broken/disassembled, due to faulty mold/tooling producing out of specification components. Device failure may cause improper ventilation or no ventilation that may result in hypoventilation or hypoxia, and potentially lead to death. The mold/tooling used to produce the affected component was replaced in 2017.
Vyaire issued an URGENT: Customer notification Letter to its consignees on 01/10/2024 via letter delivered by UPS Next Day Air. The notice explained the problem, complaints received, and requested the consignee discard or destroy all affected devices. If the consignee further distributed the product, they were directed to forward a copy of the notice to those parties.
Worldwide distribution. US nationwide, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, France, UK, Mexico, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, and South Africa
1,800,000 units