Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Ltd.

When unintentionally disconnected from power source, humidifier device (used to deliver high flow warmed and humidified respiratory gases) may sound audible alert for less than 120 seconds, which may delay user awareness to reconnect power, which could lead to oxygen desaturation, hypoxia. Disinfection kit user manual updated to include checking the audible alert prior to use on a new patient.

Due to a software issue, affected devices that are set up with High Pressure Oxygen (HPO), if the flow alignment alarm occurs, the device will deliver room air only. If this happens, a patient my experience oxygen desaturation that could lead to hypoxia.

Humidifier devices, used to deliver high flow respiratory therapy to patients, manufactured before 14 August 2017, have a speaker configuration that may result in distorted, intermittent or inaudible alarm sound levels. In the absence of an audible alarm, if there is an interruption to therapy, a patient may experience oxygen desaturation.

Breakage of the nut that secures the heater head in place, which can cause the heater head to become partially detached and swing towards the bassinet. There is the potential that a heater head could contact a patient situated on the bassinet and cause a serious injury.

The Infant Nasal CPAP Prong has the potential to detach from the Nasal Tubing and therapy is likely to be interrupted.

Fisher and Paykel Healthcare is recalling the ICON CPAP units because there is a potential power issue on certain ICON CPAP. These ICON CPAP units could potentially become inoperable, which would result in a lack of treatment to the patient's obstructive sleep apnea symptoms until a replacement unit is obtained.

FPH has become aware that one batch of tubes supplied to FPH may contain hole damage. These tubes were incorporated by FPH into certain 900MR068 reusable circuits with lot numbers 110810 and 111020. If this hole damage is not detected during the standard leak test before patient use, it could potentially result in a gas leak in the breathing system, which may lead to a loss of pressure for the int

This firm has received Product Complaint Reports concerning bending of the pivot plate. The elevator base of the CosyCot Infant Warmer incorporates a pivot plate which forms part of the mechanism allowing the CosyCot to raise and lower in height. A bent pivot plate generally results in the Warmer being unable to elevate properly. Other component failures may result.