FDAAugust 14, 2018device

Portable Suction Pump, (a) Style 758010, Model CARE-E-VAC 3, Ohio Medical LLC; (b) Style 758000, Model CARE-E-VAC 3, Ohio Medical LLC The care-e-(R)3 is a portable medical aspirator used to suction fluids or foreign bodies from a patient. The primary intended use is to aspirate saliva, mucous, vo...

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

The hazard

The care-e-vac(R)3 Battery/AC Powered Portable Aspirator battery terminal may come in contact with the pump causing an electric short leading to damage to wiring and resulting in loss of function or an inoperable unit under battery power.

What to do

FDA enforcement status: Terminated

Brands named

ohio medicalohio

Recall history

Other federal recalls tied to the same brand — a factual pattern, straight from the source data.

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