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Breathing system filter safestar 55

Official notice

10 May 2022

Last checked

10 May 2022

High riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Breathing system filter safestar 55. Dräger has become aware of one case in which an obstructed Breathing System Filter Safestar 55 was used on a patient during anesthesia. The patient reportedly became hypoxic and had to be reanimated. If an obstructed filter is used on a patient, ventilation will be restricted and the patient might desaturate. Recall start date: May 6, 2022 Published 2022-05-10.

What to do now

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Recall number

64159

Official notice

2022-05-10

The hazard

Dräger has become aware of one case in which an obstructed Breathing System Filter Safestar 55 was used on a patient during anesthesia. The patient reportedly became hypoxic and had to be reanimated. If an obstructed filter is used on a patient, ventilation will be restricted and the patient might desaturate. Recall start date: May 6, 2022

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Recall Numbers

64159

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Affected products

Product 1

Affected Products - Breathing System Filter Safestar 55, Lot or Serial Number - LT2103, Model or catalog number - MP01790-XX

Risk / hazard

Dräger has become aware of one case in which an obstructed Breathing System Filter Safestar 55 was used on a patient during anesthesia. The patient reportedly became hypoxic and had to be reanimated. If an obstructed filter is used on a patient, ventilation will be restricted and the patient might desaturate. Recall start date: May 6, 2022

Where it was sold

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Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Draegerwerk Kgaa, Breathing System Filter Safestar 55.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

HEALTH

Classification

Type I

App estimate

high

Recall details

Recall number

64159

Classification

Type I

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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