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Vyaire Medical, Inc. Recalls AirLife Manual Resuscitators Due to Manufacturing Defect That Can Lead to Injury or Death

Vyaire recalls AirLife manual resuscitators because a manufacturing defect could result in patients not receiving enough ventilation, leading to injury or death.

http://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls/vyaire-medical-inc-recalls-airlife-manual-resuscitators-due-manufacturing-defect-can-lead-injury-or

 
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Pyramid Wholesale Issues Recall of Various Brands of Products Sold as Dietary Supplements for Sexual Enhancement Because They Contain Undeclared Prescription Drugs Including Sildenafil (Viagra) and/or Tadalafil (Cialis)

Pyramid Wholesale is issuing a recall of various brands of products sold as dietary supplements for sexual enhancement because they contain undeclared prescription drugs including Sildenafil (Viagra) and/or Tadalafil (Cialis).

http://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/pyramid-wholesale-issues-recall-various-brands-products-sold-dietary-supplements-sexual-enhancement

 
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Voluntary Removal Announcement for the InfuTronix Nimbus Ambulatory Infusion Pump System

InfuTronix, LLC has announced a voluntary recall of the Nimbus Ambulatory Infusion Pump System, including Nimbus II PainPro, Nimbus II Flex, Nimbus II Plus, Nimbus II EpiD and Nimbus II EMS from the US Market due to a high number (3698) of customer complaints related to the Nimbus Infusion Pump sys

http://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/voluntary-removal-announcement-infutronix-nimbus-ambulatory-infusion-pump-system

 
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Sleepnet Corporation Issues Worldwide Recall of CPAP and BIPAP Masks with Magnets Due to Potential Interference with Certain Medical Implants

Hampton, NH – On March 1, 2024, Sleepnet Corporation initiated a worldwide recall for all CPAP and BIPAP masks with magnets due to potential interference with certain medical devices. When a magnet comes into close proximity to certain medical implants or metallic implants, it could interfere with t

http://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/sleepnet-corporation-issues-worldwide-recall-cpap-and-bipap-masks-magnets-due-potential-interference

 
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XIII Regional Meeting of the Health Technology Assessment Network of the Americas

Washington DC, 22 November 2022 (PAHO)- From 7-9 November 2022 , the XIII Regional Meeting of the Health Technology Assessment Network of the Americas (RedETSA) was held in the city of Brasilia, Brazil. Representatives from 18 countries discussed the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) process at all stages of the technologies’ life cycle, in order to face the challenges of their incorporation into health systems. The event was organized in conjunction with the III Congress of the Brazilian Health Technology Assessment Network – Rebrats.

Marcelo Queiroga, Minister of Health of Brazil; Socorro Gross Galiano, Representative of the PAHO/WHO Country Office in Brazil; Sandra Barros,  Secretary of Science, Technology, Innovation and Strategic Inputs in Health; Vania Canuto,  Director of the Department of Management and Incorporation of Health Technologies; and Alexandre Lemgruber, PAHO Regional Advisor on Health Technologies Management attended the opening of the event.

During the XIII Regional Meeting, open scientific conferences were held and organized according to the different stages of health technologies’ life cycle (regulation-evaluation-incorporation-use-monitoring). A total of 311 people participated in person and 228 virtually thanks to the direct transmission of the event. For more information go to https://www.paho.org/en/news/22-11-2022-xiii-regional-meeting-health-technology-assessment-network-americas