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Health product recall

Atrium Thoracic Catheters

Starting date:
January 27, 2017
Posting date:
February 27, 2017
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type II
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals
Identification number:
RA-62334

Reason

The atrium thoracic catheters are packaged with a label containing an icon that depicts that product as having multiple eyelets.  The graphical icon is designed to represent a generic thoracic catheter, and does not accurately reflect the actual eyelet configuration of the product contained in the package. The packaging is transparent allowing visualization of the actual number of eyelets on the thoracic catheter.

Affected products

Atrium Thoracic Catheters

Lot or serial number

All lots

Model or catalog number

8008
8010

Companies

Manufacturer
Atrium Medical Corporation
5 Wentworth Drive
Hudson
03051
New Hampshire
UNITED STATES