Infusion pumps have been plagued with multiple FDA recalls in recent years, and some of the pumps identified in the recalls are still in use, according to a report by DotMed.
For example, 200,000 infusion pumps were involved in a Class I recall by Baxter International in Jan. 2009, identifying software and battery failures. The recall allowed for continued use of affected pumps at hospitals and other facilities that filled out the necessary paperwork, but this extension will end in July 2012.
The FDA has logged more than 56,000 infusion pump problems linked to 710 patient deaths.
Read the DotMed report on the FDA infusion pump recall.
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