Ventlab Recalls Over 14,000 Manual Resuscitators
Ventlab Corp. announced a nationwide medical product recall of 14,602 of its manual resuscitators for a defect that could lead to the threat of hypoxia (low brain oxygen) and hypoventilation (respiratory depression) in patients, which could prove fatal. Manual resuscitators are designed to provide effective breathing assistance, but a certain batch of Ventlab’s resuscitators was found to be defective as the devices provided little or no oxygen