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During our global market surveillance activities, we have become aware of cases in which the software on the Infinity® Central Station drops peaks on narrow waveforms causing the Infinity® M300 to fail the requirements of the standard IEC 60601-2-27.…

Hole in the adaptor strap may be larger than the river head mounted to hold the trap in place.  Strap could detaches from the portable scale adaptor during a patient transfer with the lifting equipment. It could lead to their fall, potentially…

Health Canada is advising about unauthorized sexual enhancement products that may pose serious health risks. The products are labelled to contain or have been tested and found to contain dangerous ingredients. Health Canada updates the table when it…

 The Loss on Drying is out of specification in the affected lot.  

In 2013, ISTODAX (romidepsin) was authorized under a Notice of Compliance with conditions (NOC/c) for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) who are not eligible for transplant and have received at least one…

Health Canada is advising the public that Gilead Sciences Incorporated recalled two lots (032168 and 033357) of the cystic fibrosis drug Cayston (aztreonam) (DIN 02329840) on March 1, 2023, due to the potential of cracked glass vials in those lots, which…

Medtronic was made aware of a supplier calibration issue during the contract sterilization process that may lead to unsterile product. Recall start date: March 1, 2023

Olympus has received complaints that the clip did not come out of the tube sheath during the procedure. investigation by Olympus confirmed the tube sheath is longer than specifications which prevents the clip from being extended. Absence of treatment,…

Maquet Cardiopulmonary GmbH determined two trends for complaints regarding the Heater Cooler Unit HCU 40: degraded internal drain hoses and leaking vacuum valves. This recall will inform users, and give instructions to replace affected parts during next…

Thermo scientific™ Hp StaR™ lateral flow kits are failing to meet IFU criteria with multiple strip giving false positive results with known negative samples and also false positive result on substrate diluent. Recall start date: March 10, 2023

Canada is experiencing a shortage of nitroglycerin 0.4 MG/ACT sprays due to supply issues with the raw materials used to make the sprays as well as an increase in demand. Nitroglycerin sublingual spray is applied under the tongue and is used to treat…

While conducting safety disk testing, expired tubing was used on the test fixture equipment between April 01, 2022 and July 31, 2022. when using the obsoleted, and expired catheter extender tube, 0004-00-0033-01 during the static inflate/deflate test…

Health Canada is warning parents and caregivers about two unauthorized children's syrups for thinning mucus, Robikids and Solmux, seized from Kamshoppe, which advertised the products on Facebook. Both products are labelled to contain carbocisteine, a…

Radiometer has become aware that there is a problem relating to the Aqure System (stand alone software system) used in combination with the third party device Lumiradx that may result in patient mix-up. Currently there are no customers in Canada using…

During investigational testing of the Habib™ Catheter with the ERBE VIO 3 generator (compatible 3rd party device), an issue with the generator setting in the Habib™ IFU (50738103) was identified. From the results of this testing, it was…