Express Chest Drains Recalled for Infection Risk from Recalled Syringes
Maquet Cardiovascular is recalling Express chest drains pre-packaged with recalled sterile water syringes. If not kept upright, patients may be exposed to infectious material, risking infection, abscess, sepsis, and death.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: FDA classified this as Class I, which mandates a minimum Severe (4) severity rating. Although the defect creates risk of serious infection and death, no adverse events have been formally reported.
Plain-English summary
Maquet Cardiovascular, LLC is recalling its Express chest drain products (Product REF 4000-100N) due to a packaging defect. The devices come pre-packaged with sterile water syringes that have been separately recalled.
If the drain is not maintained in an upright position, patients may be exposed to infectious material. This exposure can lead to serious infections, abscesses, sepsis, and in severe cases, death.
The recall affects 34,356 cases containing 206,136 devices distributed in the United States and an additional 3,902 cases containing 23,412 devices distributed internationally (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the UK).
Healthcare facilities and patients should immediately stop using affected devices and contact Maquet Cardiovascular for replacement.
The recalled product
- Product
- Product REF 4000-100N, DRAIN, EXPRESS SINGLE W/AC, Single Collection
- Manufacturer
- Maquet Cardiovascular, LLC
- Hazard
- infection
- sepsis
- abscess
- infectious-material-exposure
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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