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The Food and Drug Administration this week alerted health care providers to a shortage of tracheostomy tubes, used to help people breathe after a tracheotomy, including a tube made by ICU Medical for pediatric patients.
Exela Pharma Sciences this week recalled 49 lots of sodium bicarbonate injection because the vial may break while preparing the product for administration, causing glass to fly.
Covidien LLC (Medtronic) recently recalled more than 1 million Palindrome and Mahurkar Hemodialysis Catheters due to a defect that could cause serious injury or death.
Smiths Medical recently recalled more than 118,000 Medfusion syringe infusion pumps whose software could malfunction, the FDA announced.
GE Healthcare is recalling 4,222 backup batteries for its CARESCAPE R860 ventilator in the United States.
AirBoss Defense Group recently notified customers that certain FlexAir Powered Air Purifying Respirators supplied to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to facilitate COVID-19 pandemic response must be replaced or retrofitted for continued National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health…
Philips Respironics is recalling all V60 and V60 Plus ventilators due to an internal power fluctuation error.
Atrium Medical Corporation has recalled the iCast Covered Stent System.
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic version of Symbicort, a metered-dose inhaler for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Fresenius Kabi USA recalledseven lots of sodium acetate injection after finding particulate matter in sample vials, which could cause infection or other serious adverse events if administered. No adverse events were reported.