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Health Sciences Authority
Dear Healthcare Professional Letters

Recall of specific lots of Covidien Endo GIA™ Articulating Loading Unit with potential for missing sled component

Audiences

Healthcare professional

Product type

Medical devices

9 May 2018

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Covidien Pte Ltd would like to initiate the recall of the Covidien Endo GIA™ Articulating Loading Units due to the potential for missing sled component. Using a device with no sled will result in no deployment of staples and may lead to bleeding or leakage of luminal contents. Medtronic has received four reports of injury related to this issue. Healthcare professionals are advised to immediately discontinue, quarantine and return the affected unused units. Please refer to the letter for details.


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

Step 1: Select your profession under ‘For Healthcare Professionals’.

Step 2: Click on ‘Useful links’.

Step 3: Click on ‘MOH Alert’ and log in via Singpass.

Step 4: Click on ‘Drug Alerts’ or ‘Med Device Alerts’ to view the DHCPLs.