By Peggy Peck, managing editor
MedPage Today
ROCKVILLE, Md., June 16 — The FDA said today that 580 automatic external defibrillators, a model known as AED20, are being recalled by MRL, a division of Welch Allyn, because of a malfunction that could result in failure to resuscitate patients.
The worldwide voluntarily recall includes defibrillators manufactured at the company’s Buffalo Grove, Ill., plant from April 2003 through October 2003. Units with serial numbers 205199 through 205786 are included in the recall.
The company said 369 of the recalled AEDs were sold within the U.S. and 211 were sold to customers outside the country.
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