ResMed Notifies Customers About Updated Instructions and Labeling for Masks with Magnets Due to Potential Interference with Certain Medical Devices
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
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This voluntary field correction does not require a return of a mask with magnets unless the patient is contraindicated.
Key Points:
- This voluntary field correction does not require a return of a mask with magnets unless the patient is contraindicated.
- All ResMed masks containing magnets are safe when used in accordance with the Field Safety Notice and updated Instructions for Use in the guides of affected masks.
- Refer to the ResMed Magnet Update website for more information about the updates issued to contraindications and warning labels.
- ResMed voluntarily updated its contraindications and warning labels in response to new information obtained through post-market surveillance and industry practices.