The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with IKEA Home Furnishings, has announced a voluntary recall of SNIGLAR cribs. The four bolts provided with some SNIGLAR cribs to secure the mattress support are not long enough. As a result, the mattress support can detach and collapse, creating a risk of entrapment, suffocation or other injury to the child in the crib.
Medtronic announced it is recalling infusion pumps and refill kits used to provide long-term, continuous or intermittent drug infusion because of the potential for the pump to be misused, which can cause unintentional overdoses. This misuse has been linked to eight deaths and 270 events that required medical intervention since 1996.
Two strangulation deaths have prompted a recall of 1.7 million Summer Infant brand video baby monitors with cords, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The cords on the devices present a strangulation hazard to infants and toddlers if placed too close to the crib.
A product used in patients undergoing diagnostic catheterization procedures is being recalled because the device may fracture and/or separate during use, which may result in patient harm. The recall includes certain model and lots of the Arstasis One Access System, and falls into the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Class 1 recall category, which is the most serious type of recall and involves situations in which there is a reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death.
Two prescription medications are being recalled by Qualitest due to a report that a bottle was labeled to contain one medication but instead contained the other drug. The recall involves hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets, an opioid analgesic and antitussive painkiller also known by the brand name Vicodin, and phenobarbital tablets, a barbiturate used to treat and prevent seizures and sleep disorders.
A device used to deliver therapeutic or diagnostic intravascular devices or fluids through the skin is being recalled because the introducer tips may detach during use and cause serious and potentially deadly injury. The recall includes Prelude Short Sheath Catheter Introducers.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Sassy, Inc., has announced a recall of Refreshing Rings infant teethers/rattlers intended for babies ages 3 months and older. Small pieces of the product's plastic ball can detach as a result of children chewing on the teether/rattle and cause an ingestion hazard.
About 30,000 jogging strollers made by phil&teds USA, Inc. and sold in the United States and Canada are being recalled because they pose a risk for finger lacerations and amputations.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in connection with Calisson Inc., has announced the recall of the Cool-It Soother pacifier product. The manufacturer says there is a danger that the teething ring could be punctured, allowing bacteria and mold to grow inside the teether's untreated liquid center.
In consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc. is voluntarily recalling, at the wholesale level, certain lots of TYLENOL® 8 Hour, TYLENOL® Arthritis Pain, and TYLENOL® upper respiratory products, and certain lots of BENADRYL®, SUDAFED PE®, and SINUTAB® products distributed in the United States, the Caribbean, and Brazil.



