Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 28276 |
| Brand Name: | Atrium Pneumostat |
| Model: | Part number - 16100 |
| Affected: | |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Getinge Australia Pty Ltd (NZ) Unit D, Ground Floor, Building A, Millenium Centre 600 Great South Rd Ellerslie Auckland 1051 |
| Contact Information: | 09 272 9039 |
| Manufacturer: | Atrium Medical Corporation |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has received a complaint involving an event in which a preterm infant required prolonged resuscitation, was intubated and ventilated with difficulty. A resulting left tension pneumothorax subsequently developed and was treated with needle decompression followed by placement of an intercostal catheter (chest tube) which was connected to an Atrium Pneumostat Chest Drain Valve (a 'gravity only' device; no active suction function). |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Instructions for use to be updated |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 2/9/2021 |
