Recall of Two Defibrillator Products (July 2005)
Now for news about two recent recalls of different defibrillator products. The first recall applies to certain AED20 Automatic External Defibrillators made by MRL Inc., a Welch Allyn company. These defibrillators are being recalled because impact to the device could cause an electrical short, which could prevent the device from analyzing the patient's ECG and thus prevent the defibrillator from delivering a shock. When this malfunction occurs during use, the AED 20 defibrillator may display an error message that says "Defib Comm". FDA has received a number of complaints related to this problem, including one instance which may have prevented a patient from being resuscitated. In May, the company started to notify affected customers. It's providing customers with a loaner device at no cost while their unit is being serviced, and will pay costs associated with shipping, handling and corrective service. Customers can call the company 1-800-462-0777 if they think they may have one of these devices. Now for the second recall. Laerdal Medical Corporation is recalling all lots of an adapter cable that's used with certain HeartStart and Philips Medical System CodeMaster defibrillators. Wires within the affected cables could break, and if that happens, it could prevent the device from delivering a shock. We've received a number of reports about this type of malfunction, including several that resulted in failures to resuscitate. The recalled devices are the CM 100 HeartStart ... Betty Crocker Bread Machine Clearance Sale
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