FDAApril 20, 2017device

VORTRAN Automatic Resuscitator, VARPlus; Model PTE-5002; Qty: 10 each Anesthesiology: This device is to be used by properly trained personnel to deliver emergency, short term, constant flow, pressure cycled ventilatory support.

Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

The hazard

Vortran received a customer complaint that the spin-nut-DSS connector was assembled in the reverse direction on the oxygen tubing; making the connector unable to be screwed on due to the wrong thread direction.

What to do

FDA enforcement status: Terminated

Brands named

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Recall history

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