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Philips respironics bipap and humidifiers
Official notice
2 May 2024
Last checked
2 May 2024
An official Health Canada notice concerns Philips respironics bipap and humidifiers. The affected products feature a ventilator inoperative alarm, which occurs when the ventilator detects an internal error or a condition that may affect therapy. This may manifest in the following ways: The device may reboot intermittently for 5-10 seconds (stops providing therapy, screen goes blank during the reboot, and there is a single audible alert), restarting therapy, and returning to delivering therapy with same patient settings. Or The device may reboot intermittently for 5-10 seconds (stops providing therapy, screen goes blank during the reboot, and there is a single audible alert), restarting therapy, and returning to delivering therapy but with factory default settings. Or When there are three (3) reboots within a 24-hour period, the device will enter a ventilator inoperative state (therapy stopped, audible and visual alarms present). Or The device may enter a ventilator inoperative state without a reboot preceding this condition. Any of the above scenarios could result in interruption and/or loss of therapy which may lead to hypoventilation, mild to severe hypoxemia, hypercarbia, respiratory failure/insufficiency, or potentially death in the most vulnerable patients. Recall start date: March 19, 2024 Published 2024-05-02.
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Recall number
75470
Official notice
2024-05-02
The hazard
The hazard
The affected products feature a ventilator inoperative alarm, which occurs when the ventilator detects an internal error or a condition that may affect therapy. This may manifest in the following ways: The device may reboot intermittently for 5-10 seconds (stops providing therapy, screen goes blank during the reboot, and there is a single audible alert), restarting therapy, and returning to delivering therapy with same patient settings. Or The device may reboot intermittently for 5-10 seconds (stops providing therapy, screen goes blank during the reboot, and there is a single audible alert), restarting therapy, and returning to delivering therapy but with factory default settings. Or When there are three (3) reboots within a 24-hour period, the device will enter a ventilator inoperative state (therapy stopped, audible and visual alarms present). Or The device may enter a ventilator inoperative state without a reboot preceding this condition. Any of the above scenarios could result in interruption and/or loss of therapy which may lead to hypoventilation, mild to severe hypoxemia, hypercarbia, respiratory failure/insufficiency, or potentially death in the most vulnerable patients. Recall start date: March 19, 2024
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