Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
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Synthes (canada) ltd. received notification from its supplier synthes usa that a medical device recall was being initiated due to a reported complaint that during a humeral nail procedure the surgeon elected to implant a 3 distal locking hole nail. the operating room personnel selected the humeral nail which had a generic depiction of a 3 distal locking hole nail labelled. after opening the package it was discovered that the nail was a 2 distal locking hole nail. no patient injury or complication reported.