Thursday, September 16, 2010

Another Class 1 Recall!

From the FDA Medwatch on 9/15:

BagEasy Manual Resuscitation Devices by Westmed, Inc.: Class 1 Recall

AUDIENCE: Risk Manager, Emergency Medicine

ISSUE: Westmed, Inc. is initiating a nationwide recall of 24,384 units of BagEasy Manual Resuscitation Devices. The BagEasy device have been found to have a potential for disconnection at the retention ring of the patient port manifold. Disconnection causes the unit to be inoperable, which potentially could result in treatment delays while another unit is obtained or technician switches to a different method of resuscitation.

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