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Ok I’m going to take the opportunity to once more mention how recalls could be handled. Hospitals have registries of products but sometimes things can and do get missed, and people die being implanted with devices that were not pulled and used by mistake. Actually I have a little campaign...
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Here’s a prime example of a story to where the hospital admitted they did not notify the patient, so again take a look at this link below and perhaps it may find some value. One person died with the implanted devices according to this article. We now have a class action suit with 100,000...
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This is a class one recall, the most serious type. I’m adding it here in case it is missed anywhere else. The picture shown is from the company website and may not be representative of the exact device being recalled. Hopefully the notice will be found by all involved. This brings...
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Fri, Nov 13 2009
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