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KimVent* Multi-Access Port Closed Suction System for Adults, Endotracheal, DSY, 14 F (Product Code 24014-5) A tracheobronchial suction catheter is a device that is attached to a port of the airway circuit for use as needed to aspirate liquids or semisolids from a patient's upper airway. — recall Z-2516-2015

U.S. FDA — Device Enforcement · United States · 2015-07-29 · Class II

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Agency: U.S. FDA — Device Enforcement
Recall identifier: Z-2516-2015
Date of alert: 2015-07-29
Country / jurisdiction: United States
Risk level: Class II
Risk type: recall
Brand: Halyard Health, Inc
Product category: device
Product type: Devices

Reported risk: The thumb valve of some KIMVENT Closed Suction Systems remained partially open after suctioning was completed, even though the valve appeared to be closed or in the "LOCKED" position.

Primary source: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfRes/res.cfm?start_search=1&

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