Multiple lots of Draeger SafeStar and TwinStar filters—which are typically used during mechanical ventilation—are being removed from where they’re used and sold due to erroneous carbon dioxide readings.

Nearly 11 months after the hurricane flooded a Baxter manufacturing facility near Asheville, North Carolina, the resulting nationwide shortage of saline solution bags is officially over.

A problem with the B/V filters on SunMed adult resuscitators can cause the devices to malfunction. Due to the high safety risk this poses to patients, the FDA has assigned this recall its most serious designation.

Receivers on active glucose monitors manufactured by Dexcom are reportedly failing to send alerts when a patient’s blood sugar levels are dangerously high or low. There have been no deaths linked to the malfunction. 

The devices are manufactured by Integra LifeSciences. Due to a manufacturing error where inadequate welding has caused bits to get stuck in patients’ skulls, this recall has been designated as the most serious type.

After issuing a 50% tariff on copper imports this week, President Donald Trump said a massive levy on drugs could be announced “very soon.” The details are currently unknown. 

Ballard Closed Suction Systems will need to be returned to the manufacturer for a refund due to the high risk of a potentially fatal infection stemming from their use.

The faulty adapters must not be used. The devices, manufactured under the brand name AirLife, must be identified and quarantined because of the high risk of severe injury or death associated with the malfunction.