Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 24031 |
| Brand Name: | Drager VentStar Disposable Breathing circuits |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | Part Number: MP00350 |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Draeger New Zealand Ltd Unit 4 24 Bishop Dunn Place East Tamaki Auckland 2013 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 559 186 |
| Manufacturer: | Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has become aware of a incorrect connection of the breathing circuit resulted in the patients concerned not being connected to the anaesthesia machine. The connections of the anaesthesia machine and of the Y-Piece were short circuited. Consequently, the patients did not receive the expected ventilation. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Product to be returned to supplier |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 24/12/2018 |
