AVANOS 45824Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00350770458243), received between Feb 21, 2022 and Feb 21, 2022 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryFeb 21, 2022Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED "AFTER CLEARING A CLOG THE CORTRAK TEAM NURSES ATTEMPTED A RETRACE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE TUBE HAD BURST AND WAS IN TWO PIECES, ONE PIECE WAS REMOVED AND APPROXIMATELY 45CM OF THE TUBE REMAINS IN THE PATIENTS SMALL BOWEL." IT WAS UNKNOWN AT THAT TIME IF ANY OF THE STYLET CAME OUT OF THE FEEDING TUBE INSIDE THE PATIENT WHEN ATTEMPTING THE RETRACE OR IF THERE IS A PATIENT INJURY, THE PATIENT WAS BEING MONITORED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 03-FEB-2022 STATING THE DEVICE WAS IN PLACE FOR APPROXIMATELY 19-HOURS. THE MEDICAL TEAM REMOVED THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE TUBE USING ENDOSCOPY. IT WAS ENSURE WHETHER THE CLINICIANS INFUSED TUBE FEEDS OVERNIGHT, BUT THE ONLY MEDICATION GIVEN WAS LIQUID TYLENOL AND ONE UNKNOWN CRUSHED MEDICATION. THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION THE CLINICIANS REPORTED NOTED THE TUBE CLOGGED AFTER MEDICATIONS WERE INFUSED. A NEW NURSE ADMINISTERED THE MEDICATIONS. THE CORTRAK TEAM UNCLOGGED THE TUBE THAT MORNING USING 10ML SYRINGE WITH A 14G CATHETER, THE DEVICE UNCLOGGED EASILY WITH LITTLE PRESSURE APPLIED. THE PATIENT THEN HAD UNDERWENT AN ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY (EGD) AND CORTRAK TEAM WAS THEN CALLED TO RETRACE THE TUBE. IT WAS DURING THE RETR

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 13573259 ↗