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Health Canada warns about medical devices with heparin coating.(Warnings/recalls)
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Adverse Event Reporting News
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June 17, 2008
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Health Canada issued an alert to health care practitioners about medical devices coated with contaminated heparin. The devices include but are not limited to certain cardiovascular catheters, oxygenators, pumps, filters, blood reservoirs and blood collections tubes.
To minimize the risk and complications associated with the use of heparin-coated medical devices, Health Canada recommends that health care professionals:
* Carefully monitor patients during and immediately following the use of heparin-coated medical devices for signs of allergy or anaphylactic reaction, gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea), and/or unexplained ...