enFlow® IV fluid and blood warmer - risk of unsafe levels of aluminium leaching from the device (MDA/2019/015)

[Archived] Manufactured by Vyaire – Cartridges with an aluminium warming plate in the fluid pathway can lead to an IV infusion containing aluminium above currently recommended safe levels.

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Published: 8 March 2019

• Message type: Device safety information
• Medical specialty: Anaesthetics, Cardiology, Critical care, General practice, General surgery, Haematology and oncology, Obstetrics and gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Pharmacy, Radiology, Renal medicine, Theatre practitioners, Urology, Vascular and cardiac surgery
• Issued: 19 March 2019

Update

This MDA was superseded by MDA/2019/016 on 19 March 2019.

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MDA/2019/015

Published 8 March 2019