Product recall for Medtronic External Drainage and Monitoring System Kit (EDMS) Model 26040, Lot# 219694908, due to incorrectly labelled expiry date

A Dear Healthcare Professional Letter has been issued by Medtronic International Ltd to inform healthcare professionals of a voluntary recall of one lot of the Medtronic External Drainage and Monitoring System Kit (EDMS) due to an incorrect expiration date on one subassembly within the kit. The affected EDMS subassembly has been labelled incorrectly with a shelf life of 5 years instead of 3 years. No reports of injury have been received related to this issue, since the product is within expiry period at this time. Healthcare professionals are advised to return all unused affected devices to ensure that they would not be used past the correct expiry date. Please refer to the letter for details.
Healthcare professional, Industry member, Medical devices
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Dear Healthcare Professional Letters

20 Nov 2020

Only abstracts of the Dear Healthcare Professional Letters (DHCPL) are provided on this website. Details of the letters can be found on the MOH Alert System, which is accessible via the Health Professionals Portal (HPP). HPP is a one-stop portal for all healthcare professionals in Singapore. Dentists, medical doctors and pharmacists may access HPP at https://www.hpp.moh.gov.sg/, and follow the procedures below to access the MOH Alert system.

Step 1: Scroll down to the bottom navigation panel of the HPP web page. Under the Healthcare Professionals section, expand the dropdown option for ‘Healthcare Professional Portal’ and select your profession. You will be redirected to the specific HPP web page to log in.

Step 2: Click on the Restricted Content icon on the left panel of the web page and log in via SingPass.

Step 3: Click on the MOH Alert icon under the ‘Applications’ section.

Step 4: Click on the Drug Alert tab to view the DHCPLs.