Field Safety Notice Laerdal Medical Potential Risk of Laerdal Suction Unit (LSU) with Low or Reduced Suction Canister Leakage (ICN 1527)

MHRA 2022/001/011/291/002

NHSSC Ref: 65

Alert: 

• Laerdal Medical has issued an urgent Safety Notice applying to Laerdal Suction Unit (LSU) manufactured in the period of 17 April 2021 to 2 July 2021.
• Units manufactured during this period may have air leakage in the canister or canister lid, this could potentially lead to reduced or low suction function.

Products Affected:

•  Of the four suction units affected only one product is available from NHS Supply Chain:

• Please refer to the Field Safety Notice for full details of all affected products and lot numbers and how to identify the lot number.

Next Steps:

• Read and follow the full instructions in the Field Safety Notice and share with all users of the affected products.
• Laerdal will replace all affected units free of charge. The replacements will be distributed to your trust by Cardiac Services.
• In the event of any queries regarding the replacements please contact Chris Collins at Cardiac Services by email:
  c-collins@cardiac-services.com.
• If you have any further questions, please contact your local NHS Supply Chain Customer Service Advisor.