Tag: Endotracheal tube

Endotracheal tube component failures prompt FDA Class I recall

Editor's Note The US Food & Drug Administration has designated Medline Industries’ recall of the Sub-G Endotracheal Tube with Subglottic Suction, which is used to keep a patients’ airway open, as a class 1, the most severe category indicating risk of serious injury or death. According to the agency’s June…

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By: Matt Danford
June 12, 2024
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FDA: Class I recall of Medtronic Xomed NIM Contact, NIM Standard Reinforced EMG Endotracheal Tubes

Editor's Note The Food and Drug Administration on September 12 identified the recall by Medtronic Xomed of its NIM Contact Reinforced EMG Endotracheal Tube and NIM Standard Reinforced EMG Endotracheal Tube as Class I, the most serious. The recall was initiated after Medtronic Xomed received customer complaints about obstruction of…

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By: Judy Mathias
September 14, 2022
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