Percussionaire IPV-2C and Phasitron 5 ventilators need updated anesthetic safety warning
What this means
Percussionaire Corporation has updated labeling for its IPV-2C and Phasitron 5 ventilators to warn against using them together with volatile anesthetic delivery systems. When used together, IPV may interfere with how anesthetic drugs are delivered, potentially causing unpredictable anesthetic depth, irregular heart rate, elevated brain pressure, or unintended awareness during surgery.
- Review the updated instruction manual (P20046 Rev A) before using IPV with any anesthetic agent
- Do not use IPV in conjunction with volatile anesthetic delivery systems
- Contact Percussionaire Corporation with questions about safe use in your clinical setting
The agency's original wording
Labeling updated warning not to use Intrapulmonary percussive ventilation (IPV) in conjunction with volatile anesthetic delivery systems because IPV may alter controlled delivery of volatile anesthetic agents, resulting in deeper/lighter anesthetic effects that may result in hypertonia/hypotonia, tachycardia/ bradycardia, elevated intracranial pressure, awareness during anesthesia, oversedation
Official notice
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-3322-2026More Percussionaire recalls
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