Percussionaire Travel Air and Phasitron 5 ventilators need updated anesthetic safety warning
What this means
Percussionaire Corporation has updated labeling for Travel Air and Phasitron 5 ventilators to warn against using them with volatile anesthetic delivery systems. When used together, these devices may interfere with anesthetic control, potentially causing deeper or lighter anesthesia than intended, which can lead to serious heart and blood pressure changes, elevated brain pressure, or unintended awareness during surgery.
- Read the updated instruction manual (Revision B) before using these devices with anesthetic systems
- Do not use IPV (intrapulmonary percussive ventilation) in conjunction with volatile anesthetic delivery systems
- Contact your anesthesia team or Percussionaire if you have questions about safe use
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-3324-2026More Percussionaire recalls
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