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Field Safety Notice Ambu VivaSight 2DLT  (ICN 2673)

Ref: 2024/2673 - 19 September 2024

Important Customer Notice Status New Type Product Recall

Ambu has issued a Field Safety Notice following complaints regarding the design of the product Ambu® VivaSight™ 2 DLT, specifically referring to a hyper angulation of the distal end of the double lumen tube.

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Field Safety Notice Olympus Everest Bipolar Cutting Forceps Broken Forceps Trays (ICN 2655)

Ref: 2024/2655 - 19 September 2024

Important Customer Notice Status New Type Product Recall

Olympus has issued a Field Safety Notice following reports from customers indicating fractures and breakages in packaging trays and Tyvek covers which may lead to a sterility breach.

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Field Safety Notice Intersurgical IPPB Flextube™ Breathing System (ICN 2671)

Ref: 2024/2671 - 17 September 2024

Important Customer Notice Status New Type Product Alert

Intersurgical has issued a Field Safety Notice following a report of a loose connection between the nebuliser and supply line T-piece IPPB Flextube™ breathing system.

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Field Safety Notice Smiths Medical CADD™ Medication Cassette Reservoirs (ICN 2662)

Ref: 2024/2662 - 9 September 2024

Important Customer Notice Status New Type Product Recall

Smiths Medical has issued a Field Safety Notice following discovery of a potential issue with specific models and Lot numbers of the 50 ml and 100 ml CADD Medication Cassette Reservoirs.

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Field Safety Notice TSC Life Fluido Trauma Standard Sets VCB522 (ICN 2656)

Ref: 2024/2656 - 30 August 2024

Important Customer Notice Status New Type Product Alert

The supplier TSC Life have issued a Field Safety Corrective Action (FSCA) Notice following quality control testing which revealed a proportion of the tested samples to have elevated levels of non-toxic particulates in Fluido® single use sets.

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Field Safety Notice Ossur Miami J Select PSA Hook Adhesion (ICN 2651)

Ref: 2024/2651 - 21 August 2024

Important Customer Notice Status New Type Product Recall

Ossur has issued a Field Safety Notice recalling two Miami J Select Cervical Collars following discovery that the pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) hooks attached to the sides of the anterior collar panel can occasionally exhibit poor adhesion.

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Field Safety Notice Smiths Medical BLUSelect™ Pilot Balloon Detachment (ICN 2645)

Ref: 2024/2645 - 16 August 2024

Important Customer Notice Status New Type Product Recall

Smiths Medical has issued an Urgent Field Safety Notice having identified a manufacturing defect with the potential for a disconnection of the pilot balloon from the tracheostomy inflation line within specific Lots of the BLUSelect®, BLUgriggs® and BLUperc® products.

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Field Safety Notice Smiths Medical Bivona® Neonatal/ Paediatric and Adult Tracheostomy Tubes (ICN 2569)

Ref: 2024/2569 - 24 June 2024

Important Customer Notice Status Update Type Product Recall

NHS Supply Chain has seen a significant increase in demand for the affected products.

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Field Safety Notice Convatec Carboflex™ Dressings 8 x 15cm and 15 x20cm ELV021 and ELV020 (ICN 2459)

Ref: 2024/2459 - 14 March 2024

Important Customer Notice Status New Type Product Recall

Convatec has issued a precautionary Field Safety Corrective Action Notice for specific Lots and dressing sizes of CarboFlex™ due to routine testing not meeting Convatec’s product sterility assurance level of <10-6.

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Product Update Nationally Contracted Products (NCP): Blunt Fill Drawing Up Devices (ICN 2166)

Ref: 2023/2166 - 15 June 2023

Important Customer Notice Status New Type Product Update

Nationally Contracted Products (NCP) initiative is strategically co led by NHS Improvement and the Department of Health and is being operationalised through the NHS Supply Chain.

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